Dr. Mary Lou West,
244 Richardson Hall, 973-655-7266
Office Hours: T10, W2-4, and by appointment
e-mail:west@pegasus.montclair.edu
http://www.csam.montclair.edu/~west
Math Sci, 973-655-5132 /
Physics ,
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
Textbook: "An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods" (edition 2) by Harvey Gould and Jan Tobochnik, 1996
| Week, Mon. | Topic and Reading | Special Activity |
| 1, W,Sep. 5 | Overview, Coffee cooling problem, Preface, Ch 1, 2 | |
| 2, Sep. 10 | Falling objects, Ch.3 | Homework 1 (9/13) |
| 3, Sep. 17 | Two-body problem, Ch.4 | Article summary (9/20) |
| 4, Sep. 24 | Perturbations, Ch.4 | Homework 2 |
| 5, Oct. 1 | Simple linear & non-linear Systems, Ch.5 | |
| 6, Oct. 8 | Chaotic Motion, Ch.6 | Homework 3 |
| 7, Oct. 15 | Many-particle systems, Ch.8 | Dr. Korlie, Computer simulation of cracks and fractures (10/18) |
| 8, Oct. 22 | Review | Midterm Test (10/25) |
| 9, Oct. 29 | Numerical Integration, Ch.11 | |
| 10, Nov. 5 | Monte Carlo techniques, Ch. 11 | Homework 4 |
| 11, Nov. 12 | Percolation, Ch.13 | Chemical modeling |
| 12, Nov. 19 | Quantum Systems, Ch.18 | Thanksgiving |
| 13, Nov. 26 | Quantum Systems, Ch. 18 | |
| 14, Dec. 3 | Epilogue, Ch.19 | Student talks (Dec. 5, 6) |
| 15, Dec. 10 | Review |
Dates may change due to unforeseen circumstances. Changes will be announced, and it is the responsibility of the student to keep informed.
The programs from the textbook can be downloaded from http://sip.clarku.edu and then adapted to our use.
Sigma Xi Research Conference: MSU, Saturday morning May 4 or 11, 2002. It is hoped that the students in this course will attend and that some of them will describe their projects in a talk or a poster.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: class participation, midterm test (Oct 25), final exam (December 19), homework exercises, an article summary (due Sep 20), an individual project with oral report and webpage (due Dec 5 or 6). Your course grade is composed of 25% each test, 25% homework and class participation, 5% article summary, 20% individual project. The test questions will be short answer, problems, and short essays with book, computer, and notes open.
Let's explore the techniques of virtual worlds together!
This page is www.csam.montclair.edu/~west/compsimoutline.html.