12.010 Computational Methods of Scientific Programming, Fall 2008

Herring, Thomas; Hill, Chris

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Herring, Thomas; Hill, Chris

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Computational Methods of Scientific Programming

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Abstract

This course introduces programming languages and techniques used by physical scientists: FORTRAN, C, C++, MATLAB, and Mathematica. Emphasis is placed on program design, algorithm development and verification, and comparative advantages and disadvantages of different languages.

Date issued

2008-12

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75803

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Music and Theater Arts Section; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society; MIT Program in Women's and Gender Studies; MIT Program in Writing & Humanistic Studies

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12.010-Fall2008

local: 12.010

local: IMSCP-MD5-332013a67de48694948b77ef387c8e0b

Keywords

programming languages, techniques used by physical scientists, FORTRAN, C, C++, Matlab, Mathematica, program design, algorithm development and verification, comparative advantages and disadvantages of different languages, examination of data with visualization techniques, numerical analysis, methods of dissemination and verification

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