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Preamble
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History of computing:
Would be a fascinating topic for many lectures. Just a few
catchwords:
- Babylonian and Indian astronomy
- Greece: Architects (Temples) / Engineers (Archimedes) / Philosophers
(Plato, Aristoteles)
- Middle ages: Easter date / Architects (Masonry huts) / Astronomers
- Renaissance: Commerce - "Calculators/Rechenmeister" (Adam Riess,
Niccolo Tartaglia, Cardano, ... / Artillerists (ballistics) / Astronomers:
Kepler, Brahe, ...
- * NEWTON * 1643-1724
- 18xx:
- 19xx:
- Carl Størmer (aurora problem)
- U.S. National Labs: first electronic computers, ENIAC / MANIAC / ..
- first applications: neutron transport / statistical mechanics /
weather prediction
- later: everything else ...
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What, then, is Computational Physics?
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Serious answer
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Not so serious answer
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Go directly to:
CALCULUS OF DIFFERENCES
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LINEAR ALGEBRA
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STOCHASTICS
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Chapters 1-3: Basic Tools of Our Trade
ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS
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PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS
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Chapters 4-5: "Everything Flows"
STATISTICAL MECHANICS
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QUANTUM MECHANICS
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HYDRODYNAMICS
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Chapters 6-8: Various Applications
> Chapter 9: Appendix and Bibliography
vesely
2005-10-10
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