Course: Symbolic, Numerical and Graphical Scientific Programming (2019-20)

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General Prerequisites:

Some prior knowledge of programming, while helpful, is not a prerequisite. Students should however have a laptop with a recent version of Mathematica installed and running, and bring these to class.

Course Term: Hilary

Course Weight: 1

Course Overview:

16 lectures.
Please submit homework for Symbolic, Numerical and Graphical Scientific Programming via the 'assignments' tab.
Visiting and Short Option Students Only: Please e-mail your work to your TA/Tutor by the required deadline, copying in mmathphys@maths.ox.ac.uk

Course Syllabus:

Following an introduction to Mathematica and its capabilities, the course will proceed by a series of extended examples/problems that require programming for their solutions. The examples illustrate the principles of functional and procedural programming, the use of pattern matching and rules, and of iteration.

Lecturer(s):

Prof. Philip Candelas

Assessment Type:

No formal assessment; homework completion requirement.

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