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Taylor & Francis Computational Techniques in Physics 1987 Edition by P.K MacKeown, D.J Newman
With emphasis placed firmly on problem solving, this book provides a self-contained introduction to the physical ideas necessary to define problems, as well as presenting the numerical techniques relevant to their solution. Software: Programs in BASIC and TURBO-PASCAL, by P K MacKeown, D J Newman and M F Reid based on Computational Techniques in Physics are available on 3.5" IBM-compatible diac. Table of contents :- Introduction. Linear fitting and interpolation using transformation and least square methods. Applications of least squares fitting. The finite difference method. The matrix eigenvalue problem and its applications to molecular orbital theory. Energy levels as eigenvalues. The finite element method. Monte Carlo methods. Applications of the Monte Carlo method. Appendix.