AM 129: Foundations of Scientific Computing

Welcome to the course AM 129, Foundations of Scientific Computing for Scientists and Engineers.

This is the class web page where you can find the course notes and materials. The contents herein are going to be continuously updated throughout the quarter.

Instructor and TA:

• Instructor:

  • Ian May (imay1 _at_ ucsc _dot_ edu), Applied Mathematics, Baskin Engineering (BE) 356

    • Main Lectures: MWF 10:40 am – 11:45 am, Thim Lecture 001

    • Office Hours: TuTh 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Zoom (link on Canvas)

    • Honorifics: None, please just call me Ian

• TAs: Peter Ho (trpeho _at_ ucsc _dot_ edu)

  • Office Hours: To be determined

Contents:

• Syllabus
• Grading Policy
• Disclaimers
• Chapter 1. Computing environments
• Chapter 2. Fortran
• Chapter 3. Python - Basics
• Chapter 4. Python - Numerics in Python
• Chapter 5. Python - IO, OS functionality, debugging, OOP
• Chapter 6. The C Programming Language
• Chapter 7. Other Topics in Scientific Computing