Computer Simulation and Computer Algebra
Lectures for Beginners
3rd Edition
Published on 29. July 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 287 pages
978-3-540-56530-7 (ISBN)
Description
This enlarged third edition has been updated to the most recent version of Reduce (3.4.1) and large-scale simulations. A new chapter on vector and parallel computing has been added. Thus, this new edition will be welcomed by graduate physics and mathematics students and physicists as well.
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Edition
Third Edition 1993
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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X, 287 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-56530-7 (9783540565307)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-78117-9
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Dietrich Stauffer | Friedrich W. Hehl | Volker Winkelmann
Computer Simulation and Computer Algebra
Lectures for Beginners
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06/1989
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Content
I Computational Methods in Classical Physics.- 1 Motion of a Classical Point-Like Particle.- 2 Short Course in FORTRAN Programming Methodology.- 3 Methods of Higher Accuracy (and Efficiency).- 4 Finding Extremal Points of Motion.- 5 Statics and Dynamics of Strings.- 6 Dynamics of Strings.- 7 Literature.- II Monte Carlo Simulations in Statistical Physics.- 1 Random Numbers.- 2 Ising Model.- 3 Cellular Automata (Q2R and Creutz).- 4 Diffusion and Percolation.- 5 Eden Clusters.- 6 Kauffman Model.- 7 Summary.- 8 Appendix: A Short Introduction to FORTRAN.- 9 Literature.- III Principles of Vector and Parallel Computing.- 1 Basic Idea.- 2 An Example - Q2R.- 3 More About Vector Processing.- 4 Before and After the Vectorization.- 5 Parallel Computing.- IV REDUCE for Beginners - Seven Lectures on the Application of Computer-Algebra (CA).- First Lecture.- Second Lecture.- Third Lecture.- Fourth Lecture.- Fifth Lecture.- Sixth Lecture.- Seventh Lecture.- A Some Additional Exercises.- B Changes From Reduce 3.3 to Reduce 3.4.1.- C Further Information on Reduce.- C.1 Where Can You Buy Reduce?.- C.2 Execution Times for the Reduce Standard Test.- D Literature.- Joint Index.