HKU PHYS4150/8150: Computational Physics (2025)

Purpose of the Course:
This course shows the power of the computational approach to solving physics and related problems, which is complementary to the traditional experimental and theoretical approaches. Students are expected to spend a significant fraction of time in actual programming. This is an elective course for the computational physics theme.  This is also an essential course for those who plan to pursue postgraduate studies in fields like computational physics, condensed matter physics, chemistry, and engineering or work in related areas

Time and Place:
Friday 1500 -- 1750
Library Extension, LG2/F - LE9, HKU

Lecture Slides

Chapter 0
Chapter 1_1
Chapter 1_2
Chapter 1_3
Chapter 1_4
Chapter 2_1

Notebooks

Solving ordinary differential equations (ODEs) Run in Colab
Chaotic Driven Pendulum Run in Colab
Poisson Equation Run in Colab
TrafficFlow and Tsunami Run in Colab
Quantum Mechanics Run in Colab

Assignments

Assignment_1
Assignment_2

Additional Materials