Drawing on examples from various areas of physics this textbook introduces the reader to
computer-based physics using Fortran® and Matlab®. It elucidates a broad palette of topics
including fundamental phenomena in classical and quantum mechanics hydrodynamics and dynamical
systems as well as effects in field theories and macroscopic pattern formation described by
(nonlinear) partial differential equations. A chapter on Monte Carlo methods is devoted to
problems typically occurring in statistical physics. ContentsIntroduction Nonlinear maps
Dynamical systems Ordinary differential equations I Ordinary differential equations II Partial
differential equations I basics Partial differential equations II applications Monte Carlo
methods (MC) Matrices and systems of linear equations Program library Solutions of the problems
README and a short guide to FE-tools
