AEP 4380 - Computational Engineering Physics

Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: AEP 3200, AEP 3330, AEP 3550, AEP 3610, AEP 4210, CS 1110 or CS 1112 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Corequisite: AEP 3620.

E. Kirkland.

Numerical computation (e.g., derivatives, integrals, differential equations, matrices, boundary-value problems, relaxation, Monte Carlo methods) is introduced and applied to engineering physics problems that cannot be solved analytically (e.g., three-body problem, electrostatic fields, quantum energy levels). Computer programming required (in C or optionally C++, FORTRAN, or Pascal). Some prior exposure to programming assumed but no previous experience with C assumed.