GG250: Scientific Programming in Matlab

3 credits
M & W, 12:30-1:20, R 1:30-4:20 Fall-2007, Room POST 733
First Meeting Monday, August 20, 2007
Instructor: Paul Wessel, Office: POST 806, ext. 64778

Organizational matters:

GG250 Flyer 2007
GG250 Lab Group Seating Arrangement
MIDTERM EXAM:Wednesday, October 10
FINAL EXAM:Monday, December 10, 12:00-2:00

Lecture Supplements:

Lecture 01 Notes
Lecture 02 Notes and History
Lecture 03 Notes and History
Lecture 04 Notes and History
Lecture 05 Notes and History
Lecture 06 Notes and History
Lecture 07 Notes and History
Lecture 08 Notes and History
Lecture 09 Notes and History
Lecture 10 Notes and History
Lecture 11 Notes and History
Lecture 12 Notes and History
Lecture 13 Notes and History
Lecture 14 Notes and History
MIDTERM EXAM
Lecture 15 Notes and History
Lecture 16 Notes and History
Lecture 17 Notes [No history]
Lecture 18 Notes [No history]
Lecture 19 Notes [No history]
Lecture 20 Notes [No history]
Lecture 21 Notes [No history]
Lecture 22 Notes and History
Lecture 23 Notes [No history]
Lecture 24 Notes [No history]
Lecture 25 Notes and History
Lecture 26 Notes [No history]
Lecture 27 Notes [No history]

Matlab Examples and Data:

Lecture 03:
1. F2C.m script
Lecture 04:
1. F2C version 2 script
2. F2Ctable script
3. C2Ftable script
Lecture 06:
1. my_function.m test function
Lecture 07:
1. oddsum.m function
2. capitalize.m function
Lecture 08:
1. build_a_house.m house-building function
2. guessgame.m lame game function
Lecture 09:
1. whatis.m integer type checker using fprintf
2. whatisv2.m integer type checker using disp
Lecture 10:
1. quadrant1.m Quadrant function, version 1
2. quadrant2.m Quadrant function, version 2
3. quadrant3.m Quadrant function, version 3
4. quadrant4.m Quadrant function, version 4
Lecture 11:
1. my_sum.m My sum function
2. letters.m Looping over the letters
Lecture 12:
1. while1.m while-loop example 1
2. while2.m while-loop example 2
3. while3.m while-loop example 3
4. while4.m while-loop example 4
5. while5.m while-loop example 5
6. while6.m while-loop example 6
7. while7.m while-loop example 7
Lecture 15:
1. switchtest.m Example of switch
2. get_values1.m Mean/Median calculator, version 1
3. get_values2.m Mean/Median calculator, version 2
4. get_values3.m Mean/Median calculator, version 3
Lecture 16:
1. fib.m Fibonacci function (using recursion)
2. fib_loop.m Fibonacci function (using loop)
Lecture 17:
1. fib.m Legendre polynomial (using recursion)
2. pn_loop.m Legendre polynomial (using loop)
Lecture 18:
1. brownian.m Brownian motion simulator
Lecture 19:
1. GG250_Lec_19.m In-class project on averaging matrix values
Lecture 20:
1. GG250_Lec_20.m In-class project on plotting random circles (or pumpkins)
Lecture 21:
1. graph.m In-class project on using function handles (trig plotter)
Lecture 23:
1. election.m In-class project on how to stuff election ballots
Lecture 24:
1. GG250_project_24.m In-class project on finding prime numbers
2. prime.m function checking for prime numbers
Lecture 25:
1. packtext.m pack a textstring into a single integer
2. unpacktext.m Recover textstring from a single integer
Lecture 26:
1. viper.m First version of Snakes on Planes program
Lecture 27:
1. scream.wav Passenger complaint sound bite
2. viper2.m Revised version of Snakes on Planes program

Matlab Lab Exercises:

Please submit labs to the GG250 Lab Processor.

Lab 01 Assignment and Background [Solution]
Lab 02 Assignment and Background [Solution]
1. Seismicity data table
2. Bathymetry data table
3. Atmospheric CO₂ data table
Lab 03 Assignment and Background [Solution]
Lab 04 Assignment and Background [Solution]
Lab 05 Assignment and Background [Solution]
Lab 06 Assignment and Background [Solution]
Lab 07 Assignment and Background [Solution]
Lab 08 Assignment and Background [Solution]
1. Eddie Would Go (English text)
2. Eddie Would Go (Hawaiian text)
3. Hamlet (Shakespearean text)
4. read_textfile function
Lab 09 Assignment and Background [Solution]
Lab 10 Assignment and Background [Solution]
1. Cox and Hart (1986): Plate Tectonics - How it Works, Box 7.3 (Recipe for setting up R)
2. Africa continent outline (longitude, latitude in degrees)
3. South America continent outline (longitude, latitude in degrees)
4. Rotations for S America relative to fixed Africa (time, latitude, longitude, opening angle)
Lab 11 Assignment and Background [Solution]
1. fitline.m Joe Blow's first attempt to fit a straight line
2. Hertzsprung_Russell.txt Astronomy Data: log10(temperature) vs log10(Intensity) for star cluster CYG OB1
3. Hawaii_age_dist.txt Geology Data: Distance (in km) from Kilauea versus age of dated rock samples (Myr)
Lab 12 Assignment and Background [Solution]
1. geomap.m Joe Blow's global map-making program
2. Americas.txt Polygon for North and South America (lon, lat)
3. Antarctica.txt Polygon for Antarctica (lon, lat)
4. Australia.txt Polygon for Australia (lon, lat)
5. Eurasiafrica.txt Polygon for Europe, Asia, and Africa (lon, lat)
6. Greenland.txt Polygon for Greenland (lon, lat)
Lab 13 Assignment and Background [Solution]
1. one_d_heat_flow_a.m 1-D heat-flow calculation, version a
2. one_d_heat_flow_b.m 1-D heat-flow calculation, version b
3. one_d_heat_flow_c.m 1-D heat-flow calculation, version c
Lab 14 Assignment and Background [No single solution]
1. tictactoe.m Main tic-tac-toe program
2. tictactoe_series.m Tournament tic-tac-toe manager
3. tictactoe_game_status.m Checks for a win given the board
4. checkline.m Checks a line for a win
5. monkey_move.m How the monkey plays
6. dude_move.m How the Dude plays
7. Einstein_move.m How Einstein plays
8. get_random_integer.m Picks a random integer between limits
9. index2rowcol.m Convert 1-D index to (row,col)
10. rowcol2index.m Convert (row,col) to a 1-D index
TTT players participating in the grand GG250 Tournament 2007:
1. AB_move.m Asdis
2. SD_move.m Sebastian
3. MD_move.m Matt
4. MHJ_move.m Maria
5. BMR_move.m Brad
6. LAS_move.m Lauren
7. JT_move.m Jason
8. NRV_move.m Nicole
9. SJW_move.m Samantha
10. dude_move.m The Dude

This page is maintained by Paul Wessel.