12.010 Computational Methods of Scientific Programming, Fall 2005

Herring, T. (Thomas); Hill, Christopher N.

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Herring, T. (Thomas); Hill, Christopher N.

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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

2005-12

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46336

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

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12.010-Fall2005

local: 12.010

local: IMSCP-MD5-20347a8b7af34c09ac716ebd807ef2b2

Keywords

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., programming languages, techniques used by physical scientists

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