Overview of the format for a C program. (Image by Prof. Thomas Herring.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Thomas Herring
Dr. Chris Hill
MIT Course Number
12.010
As Taught In
Fall 2011
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
- Selected lecture notes
- Projects (no examples)
- Assignments: problem sets with solutions
- Assignments: programming with examples
Course Description
This course introduces programming languages and techniques used by physical scientists: FORTRAN, C, C++, MATLAB®, and Mathematica. Emphasis is placed on program design, algorithm development and verification, and comparative advantages and disadvantages of different languages.
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