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Overview of Unit PVB200

This unit aims to develop strong mathematical and computational skills for physics. It will cover calculus, differential equations, and their application to physics problems. Students will learn to solve physics problems analytically and using MATLAB. The unit is coordinated by Dr. Pamela Burrage and taught by Dr. Vivien Challis for mathematics, and Prof. Aijun Du and Dr. Mojtaba Aliakbarzadeh for computational physics workshops and tutorials. Students will complete four MATLAB assignments, three mathematical physics assignments, and a final exam to assess their understanding.

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Overview of Unit PVB200

This unit aims to develop strong mathematical and computational skills for physics. It will cover calculus, differential equations, and their application to physics problems. Students will learn to solve physics problems analytically and using MATLAB. The unit is coordinated by Dr. Pamela Burrage and taught by Dr. Vivien Challis for mathematics, and Prof. Aijun Du and Dr. Mojtaba Aliakbarzadeh for computational physics workshops and tutorials. Students will complete four MATLAB assignments, three mathematical physics assignments, and a final exam to assess their understanding.

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Overview of Unit PVB200

Computational and Mathematical Physics

Aijun Du
Office: M-O Link 412
Email: [email protected]
Web:  http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/du9/
Unit PVB200
This unit aims to develop strong mathematical knowledge on Calculus and
Differential Equations that required by a physicist and demonstrate the application
of analytical and computational skills (MATLAB) to solve problems in physics.

Maths Lecturer Unit coordinator Workshops (week 2-13)


Maths Lecturer
Computational Physics

Dr Vivien Challis Dr Pamela Prof. Aijun Du Dr. Mojtaba Aliakbarzadeh


Burrage Email: [email protected] Email:
[email protected]
PVB200 Computational and Mathematical Physics
MXB105 Lecture - Week 1-13 Monday: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Tutorial - Week 1,3,5,7, 9: Computational Physics Run by Aijun Du
Week 11: Fourier Series Run by Mojtaba Aliakbarzadeh)
Tuesday: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm (Online); Bring laptops (MATLAB)

Workshops - Two Sessions each week: attend one


Wednesday 3:00 – 5:00pm (S620)
Thursday 10:00 am – 12:00 am (S620)
Week 1: MATLAB Workshop - Run by Aijun Du
Week 2-13: Maths + Physics Questions - Run by Mojtaba Aliakbarzadeh
MXB105 Maths Weekly Lecture Content: Schedule of Topics
Week 1 Integration review, trig substitutions
Week 2 Limits, continuity, differentiability
Week 3 Definite integrals, fundamental theorem
Week 4 Taylor and Maclaurin series  Classical or Quantum Physics
Week 5 Functions of 2 variables, partial derivatives
Week 6 More functions of 2 variables
Week 7 Double and triple integrals  PVB204 Electromagnetism
Week 8 Vector valued functions
Week 9 Differential equations 1st order  Newton’s second law
Week 10 More differential equations 1st order
Break  
Week 11 Differential equations 2nd order
Week 12 More differential equations 2nd order  PVB302 Quantum Mechanics
Week 13 Revision
Weekly Unit Content: Schedule of Topics in Computational Physics

 Important in Quantum Mechanics & Solid State Physics


PVB200 Assessments
Assessment 1: 3 Mathematical Physics Tasks (25% Grades)

Assessment 2: Four Computational Physics assignments


Writing 4 MATLAB codes (25% Grades)

Assessment 3: Written Final Exam (50% Grades)


Same as the MXB105 Final Exam
Computational Physics Assessments
Four MATLAB assignments, the weightings and due dates are:
MATLAB Assignment 1 (Weight: 6%), released week 3, Due Date: end of week 4
MATLAB Assignment 2 (Weight: 6%), released week 5, Due Date: end of week 6
MATLAB Assignment 3 (Weight: 7%), released week 7 Due Date: end of week 8
MATLAB Assignment 4 (Weight: 6%), released week 9, Due Date: end of week 10
You will be expected to work on the assignments in the tutorials /workshops and in your
own time. Assignments will be submitted online via the Blackboard site.
More details on the assignments will be given in tutorials
Mathematical Physics Assignments

Three Mathematical Physics assignments, the weightings and due dates are:
1. Mathematical Physics Assignment 1 (Weight: 10%), released week 5, Due Date: end of week 7
Closely related to Mathematical Physics Contents covered in Workshop 2-5

2. Mathematical Physics Assignment 2(Weight: 10%), released week 9, Due Date: end of week 11
Closely related to Mathematical Physics Contents covered in Workshop 6-10

3. Mathematical Physics Assignment 3 (Weight: 5%), released week 11, Due Date: end of week 13
Closely related to Fourier Series that is not covered by Maths Lecture

You will be expected to work on the assignments in the tutorials/workshops and in your
own time. Assignments will be submitted online via the Blackboard site.
Please also Visit the blackboard

 Unit details

 Assessment

 Unit overview

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