FYS3150/4150 weekly schedule
Department of Physics, University of Oslo
Fall 2015
Teaching schedule fall 2015
Lectures are in Store Fysiske Auditorium, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, while exercises are at the computer lab, room FV329 at the Department of Physics. Both rooms are at the third floor, western wing of the department.
| Week and days | Topics to be covered | Exercises and projects | Reading assignments | Lab activities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 34 August 17-21 | Introduction to programming | Exercises 2.1, 2.2 and 3.1 | Chapters 2 and 3 of | Intro to git |
| Numerical derivation | See lecture notes | Exercise solving | ||
| Week 35 August 24-28 | C++ programming | Exercises 2.1, 2.2 and 3.1 | Chapters 3 and 6 | Intro to QT |
| Linear algebra | Presentation of project 1 | Exercises and project 1 | ||
| Week 36 August 31-September 4 | Linear Algebra | Project 1, deadline September 14 | Chapter 6.1-6.5 | Working on project 1 |
| Gaussian elimination, LU decomposition | Discussion of the library Armadillo | |||
| Cubic spline and matrix operations | How to write a scientific report | |||
| Week 37 September 7-11 | Eigenvalue problems | Project 1 | Chapters 7.1-7.4 | |
| Jacobi's method | Presentation of project 2 | Further discussions of Armadillo | ||
| Object oriented programming | Elements of scientific reports and efficient plotting of data | |||
| Week 38 September 14-18 | Eigenvalue problems | Project 2, deadline october 5 | Chapter 7.5-7.7 | Discussion of compiler flags |
| Householder's and Lanczos' algorithms | Discussion of project 2 | |||
| Power methods | Work on project 2 | |||
| Object orientation | ||||
| Week 39 September 21-25 | Eigenvalues, final part and start Numerical integration | Project 2 | Chapter 5.1-5.5 | Demonstration of simple classes with and without Qt |
| Trapezoidal rule and Simpson's rule | ||||
| Gaussian quadrature | ||||
| Week 40 September 28-October 2 | Numerical integration | Project 2 | Chapters 5.5 and 11.1-11.5 | Discussion of parallelization using OpenMP |
| Parallelization and Monte Carlo integration | Presentation of project 3 on Friday | |||
| Week 41 October 5-9 | Monte Carlo methods | Project 3, deadline October 19 | Chapters 11.1-11.5 and 12.1-12.3 | Discussion of parallelization using OpenMP |
| Probabilities and random numbers | Work on project 3 | |||
| Week 42 October 12-16 | Probabilities and random numbers | Project 3 | Chapters 12.3-12.5 and 13.1-13.3 | Work on project 3 |
| Markov processes and the Metropolis algorithm | Project 4 is available | |||
| Week 43 October 19-23 | Monte Carlo methods | Project 4, deadline November 9 | Chapters 12.3-12.5 and 13.1-13.3 | Using Qt to debug and analyze code performance |
| Statistical physics and the Ising model | Discussion of project 4 | |||
| Week 44 October 26-30 | Statistical physics and discussion of project 4 | Project 4 | Chapter 13.1-13.5 | Work on project 4 |
| Code optimization and parallelization with MPI and OpenMP | ||||
| Week 45 November 2-6 | Differential equations | Project 4 | Chapters 8.1-8.6 | More discussions of parallelization with OpenMP and MPI |
| Ordinary differential equations | ||||
| Discussion of Runge-Kutta methods and adaptive step methods. Applications to model of the solar system. | ||||
| Week 46 November 9-13 | Differential equations | Project 5, deadline December 4 | End of project 4, begin project 5 | |
| Partial differential equations, diffusion equation in one and two dimensions | Presentation of project 5 (three alternatives) | Chapters 10.1-10.3 | ||
| Week 47 November 16-20 | Differential equations | Work on project 5 | ||
| Parallelization of partial differential equation and discussion of projects. Wave equation in one and two dimensions | Chapters 10.3-10.4 | |||
| Week 48 November 23-27 | Summary of course and discussion of projects | Work on project 5 | ||
| Final Exam December 14 |