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PHYS 310. Physical Modeling With Matlab. (2).

Computational solving of physics problems using the Matlab platform. Methods used include Euler and Runge-Kutta time-stepping algorithms, discretization and numerical solution of partial differential equations, computational linear algebra including solution of eigenvalue equations, and Monte Carlo simulations. Applications include few-body Newtonian mechanics, relativistic dynamics, time-dependent classical and quantum wave phenomena, normal modes, stationary states and random processes. Prerequisites: MATH-252 and PHYS-202 or PHYS-212 Prerequisite or Corequisite: PHYS-303.