Scientific Programming: C-Language, Algorithms and Models in Science

The book teaches a student to model a scientific problem and write a computer program in C language to solve that problem. To do that, the book first introduces the student to the basics of C language, dealing with all syntactical aspects, but without the pedantic content of a typical programming language manual. Then the book describes and discusses many algorithms commonly used in scientific applications (e.g. searching, graphs, statistics, equation solving, Monte Carlo methods etc.).

This important book fills a gap in current available bibliography. There are many manuals for programming in C, but they never explain programming technicalities to solve a given problem. This book illustrates many relevant algorithms and shows how to translate them in a working computer program.

Sample Chapter(s)
Chapter 1: Numbers and Non-Numbers (540 KB)

Contents:Basic Programming in C Language:Numbers and Non-NumbersProgramming LanguagesBasics of C ProgramsLogic ManagementFundamental Data StructuresPointersFunctionsNumerical Interpolation and IntegrationAdvanced Programming and Simple Algorithms:Integrating Differential EquationsIn-Depth Examination of Differential Equations(Pseudo)random NumbersRandom WalksLists, Dictionaries and PercolationBits and Boolean VariablesProgramming Advanced Algorithms:Recursion and Data SortingDynamic Data StructuresGraphs and Graph AlgorithmsOptimization MethodsThe Monte Carlo MethodHow to Use Stochastic Algorithms
Readership: Professionals, academics, researchers and graduate students in software engineering, computational physics and numerical analysis.