PHYS 371 - Numerical Methods for Physics - Spring 2014
Essentials
Instructor: Giovanni Volpe
Assistant: Mite Mijalkov
Time: Wednesday 10:30-12:30 & Friday 8:30-10:30
Room: SAZ-19
Exams and Grading
Homeworks and their solution: 40%
Midterm 1 -- individual project, take-home, deadline March 31, 2014: 20%
Midterm 2 -- individual project, take-home, deadline April 30, 2014: 20%
Oral exam -- May 13 and 16, 2014: 10%
Final Exam -- individual project, take-home, deadline May 20, 2014: 20%
Bonus: 1% for each attendance to the Physics Colloquia
You will not be admitted to the final exam and will receive an automatic FZ grade if:
* you fail the oral exam (less than 5/10).
* your grade in either project (Midterm 1 and 2) is less than 10/20
* your attendance is below 80%
Textbook
Notes from the classes and homeworks.
Syllabus
The syllabus is still preliminary and will be updated during the course.
Additional material will be added during the course, e.g., slides.
Feb 7 > Introduction
Feb 11 > Random walks
Feb 14 > Brownian motion
Feb 18 > Potentials and equilibrium distribution
Feb 21 > Boundary conditions
Feb 25 > Microswimmers and chirality
Feb 28 > SORTING OF CHIRAL MICROSWIMMERS
Mar 4 > SDE 1
Mar 7 > SDE 2
Mar 11 > Stochastic integrals
Mar 14 > Colored noise
Mar 18 > Delayed feedback
Mar 21 > STOCK MARKET CRASH
Mar 25 > MD
Mar 28 > Monte Carlo
Apr 1 > Midterm 1
Apr 4 > Midterm 1
Apr 8 > CRITICAL MIXTURE
Apr 11 > OO programming
Apr 15 > Graph and networks 1
Apr 18 > Graph and networks 2
Apr 22 > Brain Graphs 1
Apr 25 > Brain Graphs 2
Apr 29 > BRAIN CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS
May 6 > Midterm 2
May 9 > Midterm 2
May 13 > Oral exam
May 15 > Oral exam