AM 129: Foundations of Scientific Computing
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Welcome to the course `AM 129, Foundations of Scientific Computing for Scientists and Engineers <https://courses.soe.ucsc.edu/courses/am129/Fall24/01>`_.

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

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Instructor and TA
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* Instructor: `Sean Riedel <https://campusdirectory.ucsc.edu/cd_detail?uid=sriedel>`_ (`sriedel@ucsc.edu <sriedel@ucsc.edu>`_), Applied Mathematics, Baskin Engineering (BE) 360
  
  * Main Lectures: MWF 4:00 pm -- 5:05 pm, Natural Sciences Annex 101

  * Office Hours: In Person in BE-153A

    * Mondays 5-6 pm

    * Wednesdays 10-11 am

    * Fridays 3-4 pm

  * How to address me: please just call me Sean
      
* TA: Chris DeGrendele (`cdegrend@ucsc.edu <cdegrend@ucsc.edu>`_)

  * Office Hours: On `Zoom <https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/92960487383?pwd=NnCZUWHlUj8aaJKbjFgEfJKTXMikL0.1>`_ (passcode 123456)

    * Tuesdays 3-4 pm

    * Thursdays 2-3 pm

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Contents
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.. toctree::
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  ./intro/disclaimers
  ./chapters/chapter01
  ./chapters/chapter02
  ./chapters/chapter03
  ./chapters/chapter04
  ./chapters/chapter05
  ./chapters/chapter06
  ./chapters/chapter07

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Assignments
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Supplemental Reading material
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For the most part, this webstie should be all you need as far as reading material goes. But if you find yourself looking for more, here are some other helpful resources.

* `Scientific computing lecture note by Prof. Randall LeVeque, Univ. of Washington <http://faculty.washington.edu/rjl/classes/am583s2014/notes/index.html>`_

* Fortran & C/C++ : Numerical recipes in Fortran and C, Press, Teukolsky, Vetterling, Flannery

* Python: An Introduction to Python, G. van Rossum

* Dive Into Python 3, Mark Pilgrim

* Effective Computation in Physics, Anthony Scopatz & Kathryn D. Huff, O'Reilly, 2015

* Debugging: N. Matloff and P. J. Salzman, The Art of Debugging with GDB, DDD, and Eclipse, no starch press, San Francisco, 2008 

* Computing: M. Overton, Numerical Computing with IEEE Floating Point Arithmetic, SIAM, 2001

* `Unix commands wikipedia page <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unix_commands>`_
    
* Version control:

  * `Official git reference <http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Git-Basics>`_

  * `General version control <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control>`_
    
  * `List of version control software <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_revision_control_software>`_

* Makefiles and compilers

  * `Official make reference <http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html>`_

  * `Makefile tutorial <https://cs.colby.edu/maxwell/courses/tutorials/maketutor/>`_

  * `Wiki page on makefiles <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makefile>`_