Repository for UB’s PHY 386 class “Computational methods for Physicists”

all content (handson, Homework, Final, data, ...) by Tim Thomay (thomay@buffalo.edu) Homework and Final solutions by the students.

You can find homeworks and hands-on here.

Check the folder 2026 for this year's class.

Final solutions to homeworks can be find using tags and the respective releases

Resources

The following resources are suggested (and free of charge).

• Github: https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/start-your-journey/hello-world
• Python: http://www.python.org Python programming language official website
• Matplotlib plotting library: https://matplotlib.org/
• Astropy: https://www.astropy.org/
• Quantum Mechanics Toolbox: https://qutip.org/
• Analytical math with python: https://docs.sympy.org/latest/index.html

Podcasts

• Python docstrings for Pysicists (Gemini based on mixed sources)

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