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==Nonlinear Physics and Solitons==
==Nonlinear Physics and Solitons==
*Toda Lattice Soliton
*[http://www.phys.hawaii.edu/~teb/optics/java/toda/index.html Toda Lattice Soliton]
*KdV Solitons
*[http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/solitons/ KdV Solitons]
*FPU paradox in Coupled Pendulums
*[http://www.chronon.org/applets/pendula.html FPU paradox in Coupled Pendulums]
 
==Fourier Techniques==
==Fourier Techniques==
*Normal Modes of Coupled Oscillators: a) Three, b) Many, c) Phonons in Solids
*Normal Modes of Coupled Oscillators: a) Three, b) Many, c) Phonons in Solids

Revision as of 04:34, 4 February 2012

Unix

Matlab

Hands-on tutorials by the Instructor

Hands-on tutorials by MathWorks

LaTeX

Templates

  • PHYS660 template and the embedded PDF figure
  • Math into LaTeX: How to Beautify Equations (and the embedded PDF figure)
  • REVTEX4 template (apssamp.tex)

LaTeX packages

  • MikTeX (free LaTeX implementation for Windows)
  • Texmaker (free TeX Editor for Windows, Linux, or Mac OS)

Java Applets

Dissipative Chaos

Hamiltonian Chaos

Transient Chaos

Fractals

Nonlinear Physics and Solitons

Fourier Techniques

  • Normal Modes of Coupled Oscillators: a) Three, b) Many, c) Phonons in Solids
  • Fourier Series
  • Fourier Transform
  • Discrete-time Fourier Transform
  • Fourier Syntesis
  • Convolution and Autocorrelation

Statistical Physics

  • Brownian Motion
  • Random Walk in 1D
  • Random Walk in 2D
  • Self-Avoiding Random Walk
  • Monte Carlo Estimatation for Pi
  • Percolation
  • Ising Model Java Applet

Quantum Mechanics

  • The two slit experiment and the collapse of the wavefunction
  • Detector in two slit experiment
  • Quantum Scattering of Wave Packet
  • Visual Quantum Mechanics
  • Quantum Mechanics Applets

Complex Systems

  • Cellular Automata
  • Game of Life
  • BTW Sandpile: A model of Self-Organized Criticality
  • 3D BTW Sandpile Simulation by UD student John Meyer
  • Forest Fire: A model of Self-Organized Criticality
  • Spin Glasses
  • Hopfield Neural Network
  • Neural Networks with Java
  • Self-Organizing Networks
  • Image Compression by Neural Networks
  • Genetic Algorithms