Computers
| Topic | Description | Author | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | The Personal Fonemate & Other Cautionary Tales, a discussion of appropriate and inapproriate uses of computers in teaching. This is the text of a paper delivered to the 22nd International Conference on Improving University Learning and Teaching, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 1997. (43k) | David M. Harrison | |
| Education | The Physical Pendulum in an Advanced Undergraduate Course in Mechanics, a paper that appeared in the journal Computers in Physics 8, 416-419 (1995). It discusses studies of the pendulum and computer algorithms to solve the equations of the pendulum. (69k) | David M. Harrison | |
| Error Propagation | Propagation of errors of precision using Mathematica and the Experimental Data Analyst package. This brief discussion is suitable for students at all levels who need to do a fair amount of error propagation calculations. (8k) | David M. Harrison | html |
| Fitting Techniques | A brief introduction to fitting data to models. The emphasis is on least-squares techniques. The level is somewhat beyond what we expect from a typical first year student. (43k) | David M. Harrison | |
| Heat Equation | Solving partial differential equations (PDEs) by computer, particularly the heat equation. The emphasis is on the explicit, implicit, and Crank-Nicholson algorithms. Other types of PDE's are discussed, including the Schrödinger equation. Used by upper-year physics majors and specialists. (45k) | David M. Harrison | |
| LabVIEW Tutorials | LabVIEW is a software tool from National Instruments for data acquisition and process control. The link to the left provides access to a 10-part tutorial in using LabVIEW and a one-page summary document. | James R. Drummond | |
| Learning UNIX-GNU/Linux | The link to the left provides access to five Modules on the UNIX-GNU/Linux computing environment. Each Module has been used as class notes for a 2 hour discussion on this computing environment. | David M. Harrison | html |
| Maple Libraries html pdf | A tutorial on library creation and maintenance for the Maple programming language. (70k/39k). | David M. Harrison and Solomon R.C. Douglas | html and pdf |
| Microprocessor Interfacing Techniques | The link to the left provides access to a thirteen-part set of lecture notes from a course in microprocessor interfacing; the course is taken by upper year students and by graduate students. | James R. Drummond | |
| Monte Carlo Simulation | Discusses the computer generation of events obeying some statistical model using Monte Carlo simulation. Brief reviews of Special Relativity and High Energy physics are also provided, and a small discussion of the generation of pseudo-random numbers is included. Used by upper year physics majors and specialists. (47k) | David M. Harrison | |
| Time Series Analysis | The link to the left provides access to a series of lecture notes on time series analysis from a course taken by upper year students. | David M. Harrison | |
| Visualisation and Transformation of Data | A brief discussion of techniques for exploration of data with visualisation and transformation. Not terribly technical, but does examine techniques often considered to be advanced. (51k) | David M. Harrison | html |
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