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Title

Computer Solutions in Physics: With Applications in Astrophysics, Biophysics, Differential Equations, and Engineering
Author

Steve VanWyk
Book information

Publisher: World Scientific (Singapore)
Copyright year: 2008
ISBN: 9789812774996
Medium: Paperback
Includes: CD-ROM
Pages: 282
Out of print?: N
Additional cataloguing information: ISBN-10: 9812774998
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Contents

Equations of Motion | Vibrations and Waves | Building a Differential Equation | Partial Differential Equations | Applications
Description

With the great progress in numerical methods and the speed of the modern personal computer, if you can formulate the correct physics equations, then you only need to program a few lines of code to get the answer. Where other books on computational physics dwell on the theory of problems, this book takes a detailed look at how to set up the equations and actually solve them on a PC.

Using Mathematica, the book offers undergraduate students a comprehensive treatment of the methodology used in programming solutions to equations in physics.
Subjects

*Engineering
*Mathematics > Calculus and Analysis > Differential Equations
*Science > Physics > Astrophysics
*Science > Physics > Biophysics