Computational physics is the study and implementation of numerical analysis to solve problems in physics. Sometimes it is regarded as more akin to theoretical physics; some others regard computer simulation as "computer experiments", and for classical N-body it is of order N-squared. Finally, many physical systems are inherently nonlinear at best, and at worst chaotic: this means it can be difficult to ensure any numerical errors do not grow to the point of rendering the 'solution' useless.
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Further reading
- A.K. Hartmann, Practical Guide to Computer Simulations, World Scientific (2009)
- International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC): Physics and Computers , World Scientific
- Steven E. Koonin, Computational Physics, Addison-Wesley (1986)
- T. Pang, An Introduction to Computational Physics, Cambridge University Press (2010)
- B. Stickler, E. Schachinger, Basic concepts in computational physics, Springer Verlag (2013). .
- E. Winsberg, Science in the Age of Computer Simulation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.
External links
- C20 IUPAP Commission on Computational Physics
- American Physical Society: Division of Computational Physics
- Institute of Physics: Computational Physics Group
- SciDAC: Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing
- Open Source Physics
- SCINET Scientific Software Framework
- Computational Physics Course with youtube videos