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    • Introduction to Scientific Computation . PHYS 129L

    A survey of computers, programming, and computational techniques for the natural sciences. Physical foundations of computation, binary arithmetic, computer architecture, programming languages, operating systems, UNIX shell and filesystems. Programming tools, variables and data structures, expressions, control flow, files, functions and scoping, objects, error handling, debugging, graphics, text processing, networking, data acquisition and transfer. Mathematics and algorithms for data processing and analysis, numerical methods, random numbers and simulation.

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    Prerequisites: Physics 5 or 25 with a grade of C- or better, and Mathematics 6B with a grade of C- or better; Physics 29 with a grade of C- or better.

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    Instructors
    WANG ZIHANG
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    Lecture
    BRDA 1640
    T R
    14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
    30 / 30 Full
    Sections
    ILP 4207
    M W
    15:30 PM - 16:45 PM
    30 / 30 Full
    SSMS 1007
    T R
    15:30 PM - 16:45 PM
    0 / 0 Closed
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    Fall 2024 . Wang Zihang
    BRDA 5223
    T R
    11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
    Winter 2025 . Wang Zihang
    SSMS 1303&
    T R
    14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
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    PHYS 129L Wang Zihang Fall 2023 Total: 13
    PHYS 129L Lipman E A Spring 2024 Total: 10
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