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270078 VO+UE Numerical Methods in Theoretical Chemistry (2015S)

2.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 27 - Chemie
Continuous assessment of course work

Vorbesprechung: Mo, 02.03.2015, 12:15, Hörsaal III

Details

Language: German, English

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

1. Overview of modern Computer Systems and their programming models
- Clusters, SMP machines, GPU accelerators
- Vectorisation and Parallelization
- OpenMP and MPI Programming
2. Finite Precision Arithmetics
- IEEE Floating Point Arithmetic
- Roundoff Errors in Scientific Computing
3. Overview of Numerical Methods
- Systems of Linear Equations
- Eigenvalue Problems
- Fast Fourier Transformations
4. Numerical Libraries and Tools
- BLAS, LAPACK and it's commercial implementations
- Parallel Libraries: Scalapack, Plasma, Magma
- Libraries for GPU Computing (CUDA based libraries)

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Understanding numerical methods, which can be found in contemporary program packages for quantum chemistry and reaction dynamics, with particular emphasis on modern computer architectures (cluster etc.) Knowledge of modern computer systems. Knowledge of numerical libraries, their usage and their limitations.

Examination topics

Reading list


Association in the course directory

TC-2, EF-1, EF-2, EF-3, SHELL-Ergänzungsfach-Chemie, SHELL-Schwerpunkt-Chemie.

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