Programs and files for Physics 258/259 (*.mcd files are for Mathcad versions 8-11 and *.pdf files are for Adobe Reader)

• tutorial.mcd  tutorial.pdf   tutorial on using Mathcad in Physics 258
• newton.html     used to discuss the Newton-Raphson algorithm
• stats.mcd  stats.pdf  worksheet on simple statistics of a data array
• linfit.mcd  linfit.pdf  example of fitting data to a straight line
• errprop.mcd  errprop.pdf   Huber's tutorial on error propagation
• linfit2.mcd  linfit2.pdf   straight line fit with standard error in slope and intercept
• linfit3.mcd  linfit3.pdf  straight line through the origin
• minssd.mcd  minssd.pdf  how to do a least-squares fit to an arbitrary function
• genfit.mcd genfit.pdf  another way (Mathcad 11 only) to complete a nonlinear LSF
• ni.mcd ni.pdf  example of numerical integration
• poisson.mcd poisson.pdf  the Poisson distribtion
• eb.mcd eb.pdf  data plots with error bars
• minchisqr.mcd  minchisqr.pdf  a general LSF with uncertainty in the data
• mie.mcd  mie.pdf  Mie scattering calculation
• parametric.mcd  parametric.pdf  Lissajou figures as parametric plots
• highpass.mcd  highpass.pdf  high-pass RC filter circuit
• LC.mcd  LC.pdf realistic parallel LC tank circuit
• RCL.mcd  RCL.pdf  RCL bandpass resonance circuit
• FFT.mcd  FFT.pdf example of FFT calculation
• FFTData.mcd  FFTData.pdf  FFT of data read from file