====== Physics Computation Lab Courses ======


==== Course Description ====

**IMPORTANT: Follow the link to the [[Ph20]] site, where all up-to-date information is kept.**

Physics 20, 21, 22 are a series of courses on the application of computational techniques to simulate or solve simple physical systems, with the intent of aiding both physics understanding and programming ability.

|      ^ Units           ^ Offered terms ^ Prerequisites((or equivalent experience with computers and/or numerical techniques)) ^
^[[Ph20]] | 6 units (0-6-0) | 1st, 2nd, 3rd | CS1           |
^[[Ph21]] | 6 units (0-6-0) | 2nd, 3rd      | Ph 20         |
^[[Ph22]] | 6 units (0-6-0) | 3rd only      | Ph 20 and 21  |

  * [[Ground Rules]]

==== Topics Covered ====

  * [[Ph20]] : Introduction to computing and its applications to problems in classical mechanics. Numerical integration, root-finding, minimization, and numerical simulation of differential equations of motion.
  * [[Ph21]] : Advanced numerical techniques and applications to problems of classical mechanics. Parallel programming techniques and their applications.
  * [[Ph22]] : Advanced numerical techniques. Partial differential equations, spectral methods, Monte-Carlo integration.

==== Section Information (Fall 2011) ====

  * [[Casey Handmer]] : Tuesday 1-4pm (email: chandmer at caltech dot edu)
  * [[Hao Chu]] : Thursday 2-5pm (email: hchu at caltech dot edu)

====== Resources ======

  * The Physics Computation Lab is a computer lab in room #304 of the East Bridge building on the Caltech campus.
  * The lab is managed by [[cmach@alich.caltech.edu|Chris Mach]] and TAed by Casey Handmer and Hao Chu

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