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Sacramento, California

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PHYS 162

Scientific Computing: Basic Methods

Basic methods and skills of applying computers to the solution of scientific problems. Numerical calculation methods, numbers and data, algebraic equations, rate processes, iterative techniques, approximation methods, statistical analysis and data fitting, relaxation methods, and use of software and other programming resources on the web. Practical experience emphasized throughout.

Units: 3.0

Prerequisites:
MATH 105A - Advanced Mathematics for Science and Engineering I
or
PHYS 011A - General Physics: Mechanics
and
MATH 030 - Calculus I
or
PHYS 005A - General Physics: Mechanics, Heat, Sound
and
MATH 030 - Calculus I
or
MATH 026A - Calculus I for the Social and Life Sciences