1. Computational Physics Lecture 3 - Admin Dr. Guy Tel-Zur Coral. Picture by Anna Cervova, publicdomainpictures.net

2. Agenda Numerical Integration – MHJ chapter 7 Introduction to High-Performance Computing (HPC) Introduction to MPI + Demos Home Assignment #1 – see next slides

3. Home Assignment #1 Due – 1 month from today, 28.11.2010 Weight: like the grade of two “regular” assignments About Runge-Kutta method – read MHJ chapter 13, section 4. Source: http://physics.bu.edu/~py502/hw2/hw2.pdf

4. Evaluation A correct running program (up to page 4 of the hw): 66% A readable and clear programming: +4% A well documented program: +4% Modular programming, using code reuse and functions/libraries: +4% Input selection: Interactive or from a file: +4%

5. Evaluation – cont’ Graphical output using Gnuplot, root or Mayavi: +4% Error handling and exceptions: +4% Doing section A, page 5: +5% Doing section B, page 5: +5% Total: 100%