CSC 210

Week 1

Organizational details.
What is scientific computing?
An Ancient calculation of sqrt(2): Sumerian tablet YBC7289
Working with various bases: Number Systems
Simulated flow trajectoris during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. NOAA
Supercomputing the climate NASA
Patriot disaster GOA report
Heron's Original paper Newton's Original paper Raphson's Original paper Newton's Method
SARS-Cov-2 virus genome
Floating Point Arithmetic Computer arithmetic

Visit our Web site Computing for scientists and do the following problems:

Lecture 2: Exercises: Problem 3.
Lecture 3: Exercises: Problems 2, 3.
Lecture 5: Exercises: Problem 2, 4.
Lecture 4: This is an optional lecture. If you want to know how computers do arithmetic, sometimes very badly with deadly consequences, watch this video.