| Date | Lec. | Reci-
tation |
Topics covered: |
| 1/13 | 1 | |
Introduction to the Class,
Computers, and Computing |
| | | Syllabus |
| | | Why learn Programming |
| | | Why learn Fortran |
| | | Netscape |
| | | Setting your Password |
| | | History of Computing |
| | | People in the history of computing |
| | | How a computer works |
| | | More on computer structure and operation |
| | | The hexadecimal number system |
| | | Floating Point Numbers |
| 1/15 | 2 | |
Fundamentals of Fortran, Programming Principles
|
| | | Creating and Modifying Programs |
| | | Compiling your program |
| | | A word on standard versions of Fortran |
| | | Rules on the format of Fortran statements |
| | | Fortran 90 Free
Format |
| 1/15 | | 2 |
Computer Operating Systems, Unix |
| | | Functions of an operating system |
| | | Unix |
| | | The "man" command |
| | | Unix file system |
| | | Useful Unix File System Commands: ls, mkdir, cd, pwd
|
| | | Shells |
| | | Ending your interactive computer session |
| 1/20 | 3 | |
A First Program |
| | | A Simple form of the
program |
| | | A Modular form of the
program |
| 1/22 | 4 | |
Next Step, Arithmetic Assignment Statements |
| | | Simple Arithmetic Operators |
| | | Precedence of Operations |
| | | A fine point on the use of parentheses |
| | | Integer and Mixed Integer/Real Arithmetic |
| | | Floating Point Constants |
| | | Two other ways to assign values to
Variables |
| 1/22 | | 4 |
More on Unix |
| | | More commands: cp, mv, rm, rmdir |
| | | Creating your own text files with the vi editor
|
| | | Some special files in Unix |
| | | File Redirection |
| | | Stopping Programs |
| | | Ending your session |
| 1/27 | 5 | |
Introduction to Fortran's Intrinsic Functions |
| | | Some basic INTRINSIC FUNCTIONS (LIST) |
| | | Some comments on speed |
| | | A sample program using intrinsic functions |
| 1/29 | 6 | |
Writing your own Functions and Subroutines |
| | | What happens when you use a function |
| | | Subroutines |
| 1/29 | | 6 |
The program turns ugly, using DBX |
| | | Getting some practice |
| 2/3 | 7 | |
Logical Structures |
| | | Logical relational operators |
| | | Boolean Operators |
| | | Precedence |
| 2/5 | 8 | | Using Logic, If
statements |
| 2/5 | | 8 |
Use of IF statements for Interpolation |
| | |
Interpolation and Weighted Transitions |
| 2/10 | 9 | |
More ways to use branching |
| | | SELECT CASE statements |
| | | Computed GO TO statments |
| | | DO WHILE statements |
| 2/12 | 10 | |
Linearization and Newton Iteration |
| | | Solution of an equation by Newton Iteration (Postscript) |
| 2/12 | | 10 |
Examples of Newton Iteration |
| 2/17 | 11 | |
DO Loops |
| 2/19 | 12 | |
Introduction to Arrays |
| | | Declaration of arrays |
| | | FORMAT statement |
| 2/19 | | 12 |
Review for Exam 1 |
| 2/24 | 13 | |
More on Arrays |
| | | Array Initialization |
| | | Mathematica |
| | | Mathematica quick reference |
| | | Some basic Mathematica |
| 2/26 | 14 | |
Allocating space for a problem |
| | | Using Array space in subprograms |
| | | Dynamic Allocation of Array Space |
| 2/26 | | 14 |
Data Types and Data Representation |
| | | Derived Type |
| 3/3 | 15 | |
Input/Output |
| | | READ and WRITE |
| | | END=[label], READ option |
| | | Unformatted I/O |
| | | OPEN and CLOSE options |
| | | INQUIRE |
| | | REWIND |
| | | BACKSPACE |
| | | ENDFILE |
| 3/5 | 16 | |
Character Variables |
| | | Fortran 77 |
| | | CHARACTER intrinsic functions |
| | | Using CHARACTER Variables in I/O |
| | | Relational Operators and CHARACTER variables |
| 3/5 | | 16 |
Using the FORMAT statement |
| 3/17 | 17 | |
Fortran 90 CHARACTER intrinsic functions |
| 3/19 | 18 | |
Test Problems |
| 3/19 | | 18 |
Applications of CHARACTERs |
| | | ASCII character set |
| 3/24 | 19 | |
Interpolation |
| | | EXTERNAL and INTRINSIC type statements |
| | |
Linear and Quadratic Interpolation |
| 3/26 | 20 | |
Introduction to Multidimensional Arrays |
| | | Bivariate Interpolation
(Postscript) |
| 3/26 | | 20 | Sorting |
| | | Selection Sort |
| | | Bubble Sort |
| | | Insertion Sort |
| | | Using Isolated Subroutines in Unix |
| 3/31 | 21 | |
Fortran and Linear Algebra |
| | |
Notation for Linear Algebra: Matrices |
| 4/2 | 22 | |
Array Intrinsic Functions and INTERFACE Structures |
| | | Writing your own array valued functions |
| 4/2 | | 22 |
Review for Second Exam |
| 4/7 | 23 | |
Optimizing Code |
| | | STATEMENT FUNCTIONS
and INTERNAL FUNCTIONS |
| 4/9 | 24 | |
Least Squares Fits |
| 4/9 | | 24 |
Application of Least Squares |
| | | Least Squares Fit of a Straight t Line to Data |
| | | Least Squares Fit of a Quadratic Curve to Data |
| | |
Least Squares Fit of a General Polynomial to Data |
| 4/14 | 25 | |
Numerical Integration |
| | |
Trapezoidal and Simpson's Rules (Postscript) |
| 4/16 | 26 | |
Basic Numerical Differentiation |
| | | Numerical Evaluation of
Derivatives |
| | | COMMON |
| | | Important features of COMMON
|
| | | INCLUDE |
| | | More on MODULEs |
| 4/16 | | 26 |
The Secant Method for Solving Non-linear Equations |
| | | Secant Method (Postscript)
|
| 4/21 | 27 | |
Computer Solutions to ODEs |
| | |
Computer Solutions to ODEs (Postscript) |
| 4/23 | 28 | |
Fortran 90 Pointer Data Type |
| 4/23 | | 28 |
Practice Solving ODEs |
| 4/28 | 29 | |
Gauss Elimination and LU Decomposition |
| | | Gauss Elimination and LU Decomposition (Postscript) |
| 4/30 | 30 | 30 |
Review for the Final Exam |