WEEK01
May 10 and May 12

This page contains lectures, examples and assignments for week 1 of the class "Introduction to Scientific Programming".

Lectures

• Lecture #1, Introduction.
• Lecture #2, Using the Lab.

Example Programs:

• add_ints.cpp, a program which gets two integers from the user and adds them.
• guess.cpp, a program which asks you to guess its secret number.
• hello.cpp, a program which says "Hello, world!".
• hello_oops.cpp, a version of the hello program with some mistakes in it.
• mandel_ppm.cpp, a program which prints out a PPM graphics image of the Mandelbrot set.
• mandel_txt.cpp, a program which prints out a text image of the Mandelbrot set.
• mult_floats.cpp, a program which gets two real numbers from the user and multiplies them.

Assignments:

• Reading: Chapter 1, Sections 1.7, 1.8, 1.14, 1.16.
• The in-class assignment will be done on Thursday. It is described in the notes for lecture 2.
• There is no programming assignment this week!

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