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Computational Physics II (Quantum Monte Carlo and Partial Differential Equations)

Spring 2004

Course Information

Professor:

Julius Kuti

Office hours: M 1:00-2:00, or by appointment

Office: 5410 Mayer Hall

Phone: 534-6096

E-mail: jkuti@ucsd.edu

Secretary:

Nicki Pyles

Office: 5414 Mayer Hall

Phone: 534-7142

E-mail: nicki@physics.ucsd.edu

Instructional Accounts Manager:

Sally Witucky

Office: 2113 AP&M

Phone: 534-4061

E-mail: switucky@ucsd.edu

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Handouts and Homework Assignements

Course Outline and Lecture Notes

• Quantum Mechanics and Feynman Path Integral

  • Lecture 1 Introduction to Project I: Feynman Path Integral (3/29/2004)
  • Lecture 2 Feynman Path Integral (continued)(3/31/2004)
  • Lecture 3 Free Particle and Harmonic Oscillator(4/5/2004)
  • Lecture 4 Schrodinger Equation, Propagator Trace(4/7/2004)

• Quantum Monte Carlo Methods

  • Lecture 5 Path Integral and Statistical Physics(4/12/2004)
  • Lecture 6 The Monte Carlo Method(4/14/2004)
  • Lecture 7 Quantum Monte Carlo and Harmonic Oscillator(4/19/2004)
  • Lecture 8 First Discussion of the Quantum Monte Carlo Laboratory/Homework Project (4/21/2004)
  • Lecture 9 Second Discussion of the Quantum Monte Carlo Laboratory/Homework Project (4/26/2004)

• Introduction to Fluid Dynamics
  • Lecture 10Project II: Fluid Dynamics and the Physics of Baseball (4/28/2004)

• Partial Differential Equations in Physics
  • Lecture 11 Introduction to the PDE formulation of Fluid Mechanics I.(5/3/2004)
  • Lecture 12 Introduction to the PDE formulation of Fluid Mechanics II.(5/5/2004)
  • Lecture 13 Introduction to the PDE formulation of Fluid Mechanics III.(5/10/2004)
  • Lecture 14 Introduction to the PDE formulation of Fluid Mechanics IV.(5/12/2004)
  • Lecture 15 Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equation I. (5/17/2004)
  • Lecture 16 Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equation II. (5/19/2004)
  • Lecture 17 Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equation III. (5/24/2004)
  • Lecture 18 Viscous Fluid Flows. (5/26/2004)
  • Lecture 19 Final Project: Drag Force from Navier-Stokes Flow Around Cylinder. (6/2/2004)

Laboratory Notes