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From: alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: "Computational Physics" book.
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Date: Mon, 17-Sep-84 16:21:08 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 17 16:21:08 1984
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In article  KEsler@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA writes:
>I remember seeing a book with the above title (or something like it).
>Does anyone know the author and publisher ?  --kevin.


Computational Physics
by David Potter
John Wiley & Sons 1973

Not a light book at all. Requires a lot of study backed up with thorough
familiarity of diffeqs. of physics.  I bought it, but it was too much
for me to learn anything from. Safe to guess that it's meant as a graduate
text.

TOC
Intro, pages 1-10
Elements of the Difference Method 10-40
Partial Difference Eqs for Continuous Media 40-80
Numerical Matrix Algebra 80-116
Particles: N-body action at a Distance 116-132
Particles: Field Calculations 132-162
Particles in Self-consistent Fields 162-186
Phase Fluids 186-201
Classical Fluid Dynamics 201-257
Hydrodynamics with Long Range Forces: Stars, Plasmas, Magneto-fluids 257-291

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