Zewail City of Science and Technology

PEU Program, Fall 2016

PEU 450: Computational Physics
Homework 1
Due date: Wednesday, September 28, 3 PM

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1. Evaluate the following using the given parameters

(a) (2 points) If = 1.2, = 1.5, and = 0.3, determine
(40 + 37) 4 + (16 + 10)2 2 + 4
= (1)
12(1 + ) 2 (3 2 + 2 )
1
(b) (2 points) If n = 5, = , find c
sin n
s 2
(1 2 ) sin a 1 + 2 1 + 2
c= , cos a = +2 (2)
(1 + 2 2 cos a)2 4 4

(c) (2 points) For c = 60 , a = 35 ,and n = 4/3, calculate

   
1 1 sin a
d = a c + sin n sin c sin (3)
n

(d) (2 points) For y = 0.45, determine


1.2 p 2 1 p 2/3
= 16y + 1 + ln 16y 2 + 1 + 4y (4)
y 4y

(e) (2 points) If = 27 , find

     

2 2
= 2 sin 1 + cot ln tan + (5)
2 2 4 2

2. (5 points) For N = 2 (an integer), determine

q
1
= 3N 2 + 9N 4 + 16N 2 (6)
2 2

3. (5 points) Using 50 digits of precision show that

r

q
1
7 5 30 6 5 = sin (7)
4 15
4. (5 points) Show that the following is a dimensionless quantity.

vL
R= (8)

where, L is a length, is a dynamic viscosity, v is a velocity, and is a mass density.

5. Consider the series

N
X
1
ser = 1 + 2 1 + 4n2 (9)
n=1

(a) (5 points) Calculate the series for N = 50, 100, and 500
(b) (5 points) Compare the results to the exact value 2 coth 2 by evaluating the nor-
malized difference: (exact ser)/exact. Present your answer in a table.

6. (5 points) Sum the double series for nmax = mmax = 101, s = 31, b = 1.

 n 2 2 s2 1
nmax m
( )
max
64s2 X X
dSer = 8 m2 n2 m2 + + 4 (10)
n=1,3,5 m=1,3,5 b

7. (5 points) For the matrix

3 6 6
b= 6 3 6 (11)
6 6 3
show that b2 12b 45I = 0, with I being the identity matrix.

8. (5 points) Determine T t k T , if

1 0 1 0 cos sin 0 0
0 0 0 0 sin cos 0 0
k= 1 0 1
, T = . (12)
0 0 0 cos sin
0 0 0 0 0 0 sin cos

9. (5 points) Determine the eigenvalues and eigenvector for T . Present the eigenvectors in
a column form.
cos sin 0 0
sin cos 0 0
T = . (13)
0 0 cos sin
0 0 sin cos

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