Web Resources for PHYCS 498A

Part I: Basic Numerical Analysis

W.H. Press, B.P. Flannery, S.A Teukolsky, and W.T. Vetterling: Numerical Recipes, The Art of Scientific Computing, Cambridge University Press

G.W. Stewart: Afternotes on Numerical analysis, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

M. Abramowitz and I. Stegun: Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Washington (reprinted by Dover Publications)

To learn more about Unix commands use the man pages or consult UNIXhelp for Users
Specific information on the Engineering Workstations can be found in their Online Manual
The Cornell Theory Center maintains many instructive Tutorials on how to use IBM RS/6000 machines. E.g.:

Looking for something related to numerical analysis? First consult the NA FAQ
Math Software is classified in NIST's Guide to Available Mathematical Software (GAMS). This is a good place for searching specific routines.
netlib provides a host of free numerical libraries.
Here is the Numerical Recipes Homepage
Los Alamos National Laboratory provides for keyword searches of the IMSL library

Computers in Physics is a nice journal on the subject on the level of Physics Today. Give it a try! Especially the columns "Practical Numerical Algorithms" (now replaced by "Algorithms and Applications") and "Computer Simulations" should be of interest to you.
Computer Physics Communications is more at research level. The articles are usually accompanied by computer codes,which you can have mailed to your physics-email address.
National Insititute of Standards and Technology: maintains a site with Physical Reference Data. Find out about the latest values of the fundamental physical constants. There is even a Fortan file with the fundamental constants.

Erik Koch (ekoch@uiuc.edu)