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Applied and Interdisciplinary Physics
Computational Physics
1. Introduction to Computational Physics
2. Mathematical Foundations
3. Programming Fundamentals
4. Computer Arithmetic and Error Analysis
5. Root Finding Methods
6. Numerical Differentiation
7. Numerical Integration
8. Linear Systems
9. Eigenvalue Problems
10. Ordinary Differential Equations
11. Partial Differential Equations
12. Monte Carlo Methods
13. Molecular Dynamics
14. Data Analysis and Visualization
15. Applications in Classical Mechanics
16. Applications in Electromagnetism
17. Applications in Quantum Mechanics
18. Applications in Statistical Mechanics
19. Applications in Fluid Dynamics
20. High-Performance Computing
6.
Numerical Differentiation
6.1.
Finite Difference Formulas
6.1.1.
Forward Difference
6.1.2.
Backward Difference
6.1.3.
Central Difference
6.2.
Higher-Order Derivatives
6.2.1.
Second Derivatives
6.2.2.
Mixed Partial Derivatives
6.3.
Richardson Extrapolation
6.4.
Error Analysis
6.4.1.
Truncation Error
6.4.2.
Round-off Error
6.4.3.
Optimal Step Size
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