Briefly, the primary aim of the project Strengthening Computation in Undergraduate Physics Programs is to produce flexible text materials that can be easily tailored for use in programs using a variety of different hardware platforms and software packages. To reflect the availability of a wide variety of software packages, this book can be assembled only after the user stipulates which of the available components (IDL, MATLAB, OCTAVE, PYTHON, MAXIMA, MAPLE, Mathematica, Programming, FORTRAN, C, Numerical Recipes, LSODE, MUDPACK, LaTeX, and TGIF) are to be included. With 15 components, each of which can be included or not, there are technically 2¹⁵ = 32,768 versions, though the vast majority of those versions makes no sense. Most commonly a version containing one numeric and graphical tool (IDL, MATLAB, OCTAVE, or PYTHON) and one computer algebra system (MAXIMA, MAPLE, or Mathematica) with Programming, FORTRAN and/or C (with Numerical Recipes), and LaTeX will be specified. Within that spectrum, only 24 different versions survive.

Unfortunately, the level of customization involved poses severe problems for the publishing systems of commercial publishers. Prior to making CPSUP available for direct download, the author had endeavored to self-publish this book by receiving orders for customized assemblages of the materials, producing the required number of bound copies, and shipping them to the end user. As he has approached actual (as opposed to nominal) retirement, he has decided to provide these materials for direct download to anyone who wishes them.

A more detailed description of the history of this project and of the structure of CPSUP is contained in the 142 KB-PDF document Description of the Second Edition of CPSUP.

The front matter in all assemblages of CPSUP contains

1. the Preface,
2. Acknowledgements,
3. a Disclaimer in which the tested platform and tested versions of the software packages are identified, and
4. the Table of Contents.

The first two items are the same in all assemblages of CPSUP. The third and fourth items in each version contain only those items relevant to the components of that assemblage. The two files below provide the Preface and the full Table of Contents. To examine the remaining items, visit the Download section, download whichever assemblage is of interest to you, and open the file to examine the first several pages.

The Table of Contents below includes all chapters and all sections within chapters. If only a subset of components is included in a particular assemblage, the chapters, sections and the occasional exercises related to omitted components will be omitted from the assemblage and also from the Table of Contents. Since chapter numbers, section numbers, subsection, and exercise numbers are preserved, there will then be gaps in those enumerations. Page numbers will, however, run continuously through each assemblage and equation, table, and figure numbers will run continuously through each chapter. References to different versions should be limited to chapter, section, and subsection numbers. References to pages, tables, equations, and figures will not translate accurately among assemblages.

Each link in the following table will access the indicated version of CPSUP, either for viewing on a computer screen or downloading to your local storage. The linked and print versions are textually identical. In the linked versions, each internal reference (including those in the Table of Contents and Index) is hot-linked to the item to which the reference points. The print version contains no hot-links. The print versions are the better ones to download if you wish to print some or all of the version. The linked versions are better for viewing on the screen. All files are in PDF format.

Clicking on the PDF icon next to an item brings up a box in which you can choose to open the identified version in an appropriate reader or to download the version.

The full version below contains all components except the (not yet ready) chapters on partial differential equations and MUDPACK. Each version labeled with two software packages contains not only the components identified in the label but also the components focusing on programming, FORTRAN (including Numerical Recipes), C (including Numerical Recipes), and LaTeX, but does not contain the LSODE chapter. Two files (linked and print) containing only the LaTeX appendix, two files containing only the TGIF appendix, and two files containing only the LSODE chapter are also provided.

Update Record

The cover page of each version includes the date on which the version was created.  That date is updated with each new creation, and the new creation incorporates all updates available on the date of its creation. The versions placed on this site and dated before 1 January 2021 were replaced in mid January 2021 with versions bearing dates in mid January 2021, the latter differing substantively from the former only in the addition of a section on animation to the OCTAVE chapter. The mid-January versions were themselves replaced on 22 February 2021 with versions dated 21 February 2021. Changes made in the mid-January versions to generate the 21 February versions are listed in the file of edits that can be downloaded from the last item in the list below.

This section provides access to all of the program and data files referred to at various points in CPSUP. When properly unzipped, the file with all but LSODE will create a user-specified directory that will contain a subdirectory named CPSUP. The directory CPSUP will contain (a) a single EXCEL spreadsheet listing all of the files in the distribution and (b) subdirectories named cc, data, fortran, idl, maple, mathematica, matlab, maxima, octave, python, and tex. When properly unzipped, the file containing only LSODE will add to CPSUP a subdirectory named lsode.

The separately downloadable README document explains how to install the files of the distribution.

Each link in the following table will access the available solutions for the indicated version of CPSUP, either for viewing on a computer screen or downloading to your local storage. The linked and print versions are textually identical. In the linked versions, each internal reference (including those in the Table of Contents) is hot-linked to the item to which the reference points. The print version contains no hot-links. The print versions are the better ones to download if you wish to print some or all of the version. The linked versions are better for viewing on the screen. All files are in PDF format.

Clicking on the PDF icon next to an item brings up a box in which you can choose to open the identified version in an appropriate reader or to download the version.

The full version below contains all available solutions except those for the (not yet ready) chapters on partial differential equations and MUDPACK. Each version labeled with two software packages contains not only the solutions for the components identified in the label but also the solutions for the components focusing on programming, FORTRAN (including Numerical Recipes), C (including Numerical Recipes), and LaTeX, but does not contain solutions for the LSODE chapter. The available solutions for that Chapter are included in separate files identified with LSODE in the label.

The files below were created on 24 and 25 May 2021 and uploaded to this site on 26 May 2021.

This section provides links to the Local Guide used at Lawrence in the recent past as well as a link to a zipped file containing

• the source code for the Lawrence version of the Local Guide and
• a README file explaining how to use the source files to create a version appropriate for your site.

The described procedure assumes that you have a reasonably updated version of LaTeX installed in your system.

The linked and print versions are textually identical. In the linked versions, each internal reference (including those in the Table of Contents and Index) is hot-linked to the item to which the reference points. The print version contains no hot-links. The print versions are the better ones to download if you wish to print some or all of the version. The linked versions are better for viewing on the screen. All files are in PDF format.

Clicking on the icon next to an item brings up a box in which you can select either to open the file in an appropriate reader or download the file.