Applied Physics 461b/861b

COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

Assignment 5

due Friday, February 21, 1997

Reading

  1. Gould and Tobochnik Chapter 6.9-6.10.
  2. Section 2.5 in Computational Physics, by S. E. Koonin and D. E. Meredith (pick up xerox outside Becton 309).

1. The double pendulum

Do Problem 6.18 a, b, c and d.

2. Billiard models

Do Project 6.6 a and b for both the stadium and Sinai billiard models.