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Assessed Exercise

· Start sooner rather than later! · Choose one of the five problems on the Question Sheet. · Please indicate your choice on the sign-up sheets outside the PWF before the end of Term. · Hand in your report at the start of the Lent Term. · Assessment is primarily of the written report, but may include a brief oral examination with one of the Heads of Class, who may also ask you to give a `live' demonstration of your program.

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Writing your Rep ort

· See the booklet on "Keeping Laboratory Notes and Writing Formal Reports. · The problems are intended to be exercises based on the material taught in this course, not projects. · Your report should therefore focus on those aspects of computational physics relevant to the problem. · There is no need to go into the detailed physics behind the problems.

Rep ort: Content
1. A brief introduction to the problem (mainly taken from the Question Sheet). 2. An analysis of the computational aspects of the problem which you had to consider in order to solve the problem: · Describe relevant computational physics. · Explain why you chose to approach the problem as you did. · Explain your choice of any library routines. · Describe the scaling of the problem. 3. The implementation: include a full program listing as an appendix. In the main text, briefly describe your overall approach and your implementation of any algorithms. 2


4. Results and analysis: include simple tests used to check that your program works correctly. Present your final results, including a discussion of any errors involved and any other computational problems encountered.

Rep ort: Structure
Suggested possible structure:

· Abstract · Introduction · Analysis · Implementation · Results and Discussion · Conclusions

Rep ort: Credit
Approximately equal credit is given to the following areas: 1. Analysis of the relevant aspects of computational physics. 2. Implementation of your solution. 3. Results, error analysis (if applicable), tests and discussion of the relevant computational physics. 4. Overall presentation of the report

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Oral examination
· You may be asked to give a brief summary of what you have done. · You would then be expected to discuss aspects of the computational physics relevant to your problem. · You may be required to demonstrate your program to the Head of Class. · As long as you can convince the Head of Class that you wrote the programme yourself and understand what you have done, the oral will not count towards the final mark. · Any orals will take place early in the Lent Term.

Collab oration
· See the remarks in the Part II Experimental and Theoretical Physics handbook. · We encourage you to discuss the problems with other students and demonstrators. · But your report and program must be written by you, and only results obtained from your program should be included in your report. · You will be asked to sign a declaration about the degree of collaboration when you submit your report.

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