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Lecture and Laboratory Schedule

 

 
Spring 2009 Lectures Topics Laboratory
March 31 Lecture 1 Feynman Path Integral I.  
April 2 Lecture 2 Feynman Path Integral II.  
April 7 Lecture 3 Feynman Path Integral III. Lab 1: Assignment I on Path Integral
April 9 Lecture 4 Free particle, oscillator, Schrodinger equation I  
April 14 Lecture 5 Free particle, oscillator, Schrodinger equation II Lab 2: Harmonic Oscillator
April 16 Lecture 6 Free particle, oscillator, Schrodinger equation III  
April 21 Lecture 7 Assignment I demo in Fortran code Lab 3: Assignment I tools
April 23 Lecture 8 Schrodinger equation and propagator trace  
April 28 Lecture 9 Path integral and Stat Phys Lab 4: Monte Carlo Method I
April 30 Lecture 10 Monte Carlo Method with Importance Sampling  
May 5 Lecture 11 Monte Carlo Method with Importance Sampling II Lab 5: Monte Carlo Method II
May 12 Lecture 12 Quantum Monte Carlo and harmonic oscillator I Lab 6: Midterm project
May 14 Lecture 13 Quantum Monte Carlo and harmonic oscillator II  
May 19 Lecture 14 Discussion of topics for Final projects Lab 7: Final projects I
May 23 Lecture 15 Final projects  
May 26 no lecture Memorial day no lab on Memorial day
June 2 Lecture 16 Midterm presentations: Final project proposals Lab 8: Final projects II
June 4 Lecture 17 Course review and Final projects  
June 11 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Final project presentations