UFPA240 Fundamentals of Computer Physics

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Karel Adámek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Pavel Bakala, Ph.D.
Centrum interdisciplinárních studií – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Předměty UF/PA128 a UF/PA112.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Making students acquainted with software packages for doing maths and computational physics.
Syllabus
  • - Commercial software: Mathematica, MAPLE, Matlab, Origin etc
    - Free software: gnuplot, Octave etc
    - Solution of the ball motion in hommogeneous gravitational field with and without air drag and with addition of Magnus effect caused by rotation of the b
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Doňar B., Zaplatílek K. MATLAB - tvorba uživatelských aplikací. BEN, 2004. ISBN 80-7300-133-0. info
  • Doňar B., Zaplatílek K. MATLAB pro začátečníky. BEN, 2003. ISBN 80-7300-095-4. info
Teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Skills demonstration
Assessment methods
Test
The analysis of student 's performance
Credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Will be communicated at the beginning of semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2014, recent)
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