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This is a contributed topic on Computational Physics.
Definition 0.1. Computational Physics is broadly defined as the application of computer
programming, as well as of other computational means, such as: algebraic, topological,
categorical, logical (including quantum logics, many-valued logics, automata theory), and so
on, to obtain physically relevant results –that are often numerical.
One notes that computational physics can also be considered as a major area of applied
(computational) mathematics and/or applied physics.
This term is often employed in the more restricted, practical sense of applying computers to obtain
numerical solutions to physics problems, or as an illustration to physical processes, phenomena or
theories. At the top end of computing resources, supercomputers are beginning to be very widely
employed in physics for a variety of reasons, including relatively inexpensive simulations of very
important physics problems that cannot be solved at present by any other means. Other, several
contributed examples will be considered next in this topic, and are also more precisely defined in
the following bibliography (available in part for download from the book and expositions/paper
sections of PlanetPhysics.org).
0.1 Examples and Tools in Computational Physics
- Computational fluid dynamics-in rheology; (PAC : 02.70. − c)
- Computational methods in classical mechanics (45.10. − bxx; see also 02.70. − c)
- Computational techniques in mathematical methods in physics
- Programming languages (Fortran, Basic/TurboBasic/AppleBasic, Algol, Pascal,
C∕C++), programs (Mathematica, Maple, Systat) and OS systems (UNIX, Linux,
Windows, OS − X) employed in Computational Physics
- concepts: UTM, quantum automata concepts
- Quantum Computations in: QCD, QFT, AQFT, QED, LQED, LQFT, Quantum
Gravity (QG, LQG) computations on a lattice, quantum molecular dynamics (QMD)
and quantum chemistry (QC)
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See Also: applied physics, supercomputers, topic on computer programming, superconductivity
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Computational Physics, computation, UTM, computer program, topological computation, lattice-based computation, Monte-Carlo computation, programming language, QC, QCD, QMD, QED, LQED, LQFT, LQG, C++, UNIX, Linux, Pascal, Java, Fortran, Algol, quantum automaton, quantum logics, automata theory, quantum molecular dynamics, fluid dynamics, superfluid, MC, quantum gravity, QG, LQG |
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computational physics, computation, UTM, computer program, topological computation, lattice-based computation, Monte-Carlo computation, programming language, computational physics, QC, QCD, QMD, QFT, AQFT, QED, LQED, LQFT, LQG, C++, UNIX, Linux, Pascal, Java, Fortran, Algol, quantum automaton, quantum logics, automata theory, quantum molecular dynamics, fluid dynamics, superfluid, QMD, MC, quantum gravity, QG, LQG, supercomputers |
Cross-references: AQFT, QFT, quantum automata, concepts, systems, OS, programs, mechanics, sections, supercomputers, computers, applied physics, many-valued logics, topological, algebraic
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