TY - BOOK AU - Thijssen,Jos TI - Computational physics SN - 9781107677135 U1 - 530.15 T J C 221 PY - 2007/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Mathematical physics KW - Condensed matter KW - Mathematics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: Quantum scattering with a spherically symmetric potential -- The variational method for the Schrödinger equation -- The Hartree-Fock method -- Density functional theory --Solving the Schrödinger equation in periodic solids -- Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics -- Molecular dynamics simulations -- Quantum molecular dynamics -- The Monte Carlo method -- Transfer matrix and diagonalisation of spin chains -- Quantum Monte Carlo methods -- The finite element method for partial differential equations - The lattice Boltzmann method for fluid dynamics -- Computational methods for lattice field theories -- High performance computing and parallelism -- Numerical methods -- Random number generators ER -