Programs and files for Physics 258/259

The .mcd files are for use with Mathcad versions 8-12.   The .pdf files are for use with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 5 or later; version 7 works best.

• tutorial.mcd  tutorial.pdf   Tutorial on using Mathcad in Physics 258.
• examples_8.mcd  examples_8.pdf   An older but useful collection for Physics 258.  A few of these also appear in "tutorial.mcd."
• LargeAngle.mcd  LargeAngle.pdf   A sample lab writeup for Physics 258 prepared entirely with Mathcad.  The spreadsheet-style layout has obvious shortcomings, but is adequate for ordinary writeups.  However, your final project should be prepared to a higher standard.
• Program_examples_8.mcd  Program_examples.pdf  Mathcad programming examples for Physics 258
  
• newton.mcd  newton.pdf  newton.xls  Explanation and examples of the Newton-Raphson algorithm
• roots_easy.mcd  roots_easy.pdf    Using Mathcad's built-in root finder (easier to use and somewhat more efficient than 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 and 12 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
• Impulse_Response.mcd  Impulse_Response.pdf  Tutorial for driven damped harmonic oscillator lab
  
• Damped_sine_fit.mcd  Damped_sine_fit.pdf  Generalized least-squares fit for a driven damped harmonic oscillator