Physics 329: Finite Difference Methods
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matt@infeld.ph.utexas.edu
- Most of the source code covered in class can be found on
the phy329 account on einstein in
~phy329/fd/ex2 and
~phy329/fd/ex5.
- General References
- Lecture 1 (Oct 14)
- Lectures 2 and 3 (Oct 16)
- rexbvp1d.f:
Program illustrating use of Richardson extrapolation to
produce O(h^4) results from base O(h^2) approximation to
simple boundary-value problem.
Makefile
and sample output on SGIs.
Plot showing level-4
solution.
- Lecture 5 (Oct 23)
- Correction to lecture notes concerning determining
initial data for finite-difference version of wave
equation (PS).
- gpwave.f:
Program illustrating output of time series of one-dimensional
profiles (i.e. f(x,t) for subsequent plotting (surface
plot) using gnuplot.
Sample output, gnuplot
command file, and
plot (PS). Use help
splot in gnuplot for more information on making
surface plots.