Book Title:An Introduction
to Computational Physics Author:Tao Pang Publisher:Cambridge University Press Publication Place: New York Publication Date: September, 1997 ISBN's: 0-521-48143-0 (hardback); 0-521-48592-4 (paperback) List Prices: $110 (hardback); $42.95 (paperback) Other Info: 393 Pages; 7 x 10; 30 Line Diagrams; 5 Tables;
94 Exercises; Bibliography and Index
List of Errors:
Page 12, Line -11, "fi=0.07071" should be
"fi=0.7071."
Page 17, Line 4, "C" should be at the first space.
Page 17, Line -5, Eq. (2.17) should be
Delta+ij=fi...j-fi+1...j.
Page 17, Line -4, Eq. (2.18) should be
Delta-ij=fi...j-fi...j-1.
Page 18, Line 2, Eq. (2.19) should be
Delta+ij=(xj-x)(Delta+ij-1-Delta-i+1j)/(xj
-xi).
Page 18, Line 3, Eq. (2.20) should be
Delta-ij=(xi-x)(Delta+ij-1-Delta-i+1j)/(xj
-xi).
Page 20, Eq. (2.29) should be hk
=< xuk|uk-1 >/< uk-1|uk-1> .
Corresponding changes in the subroutine PFIT can be found in the program
listings under Program 2.2.
Page 41, a term "+U(r)" is missing on the right side of Eq. (2.67).
Page 46, Line 18, "a = 77" should be "a = 75".
Page 47, Line -10, "RANF( )" should be "RANF".
Page 48, Line -12, "REF( )" should be "REF(0)".
Page 53, Exercise 2.4, the coefficient in front of x10 should
be -0.0039444.
Page 53, "Delta2" should be just "Delta" to be consistent
with the notation used in the text.
Page 62, Eq. (3.28) should be " y(t+tau) =(k1
+2k2+2k3+k4)/6. "
Page 73, Line 11, "G2 = -PI*PI(Y1+1.0)/4.0" should be
"G2 = -PI*PI*(Y1+1.0)/4.0".
Page 82, Line -9, "n=3" should be "n=2".
Page 89, Eq. (4.10), "(r2+r3-ra)"
should be "(r2+r3+ra)".
Page 93, Line 3, "Mjj" should be "Mii".
Page 94, Line 17, "i< j" should be "i> j".
Page 100, Line 17, "C" should be removed and an asterisk (*) should
be added at the sixth space.
Page 100, Line -3, the asterisk (*) should be at the sixth space.
Page 102, in Eq. (4.42), Lij in the denominator should be
Lii.
Page 119, Eq. (4.121), the first term should be positive.
Page 130, Eq. (5.17), the exponent should have been divided by N.
Page 135, Line -11, the "`" should be "'".
Page 140, Line 6, "200" should be "250".
Page 167, in Eq. (6.51), "ci" should be "ci-1".
Page 167, in Eq. (6.52), "vi" should be "vi-1".
Page 167, in Eq. (6.56), "vi" should be "vi-1".
Page 168, in Eq. (6.58), "vi" should be "vi-1".
Page 168, a line "F0 = 200.0" should be added to the end of the page
after the line "G = 9.8".
Page 169, Line -11, "B(I)-Y(I-1)" should be "B(I)+Y(I-1)".
Page 170, Fig. 6.1 is inaccurate. For an updated figure in PostScript
file, click Fig. 6.1 here.
Page 172, Lines 9 and 10, "D" should be "DN".
Page 181, Lines -3, "106" should be "10-6".
Page 183, A line, "* +C0*(4.0*X(I-1,1)-X(I-1,2))/3.0", is missing
bellow the line "G(1)=A0*X(I-1,1)". See Program 6.4.
Page 184, Fig. 6.3 contains some is inaccurate. For an updated figure
in PostScript file, click Fig. 6.3 here.
Page 189, Equation (7.21), "S(k)" should be "S(k)-1".
Page 198, Line -2, "\CSEED\" should be "/CSEED/".
Page 224, Line -5, "XD" should be "XI".
Page 277, Eq. (9.109), "- VR(t)" should be "+V(R)".
Page 277, Eq. (9.111), "+ tau V(R)" should be "-tau V(R)" and
"3N(M+1)/2" should be "3N/2".
Page 278, Eq. (9.114), "3N(M+1)/2" should be "3N/2".
Page 319, Lines -3 and -2, the minimum of the function should
be -0.750063 at x=0.107627 and y=-1.22326.