Numerics

Table of contents

Eric Ayars, Computational physics with python (Good for beginners).
Alejandro Garcia, Numerical Methods for Physics (A more advanced book with examples of Python, Matlab, C/C++ or Fortran).
Morten Hjorth-Jensen, COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS lecture note (A comprehensive guide with examples of C/C++ and Fortran).
Finite difference method: Wikipedia: Finite difference coefficient and Finite Difference Coefficients Calculator.

Numerical relativity

廖雪峰python教程 (A comprehensive tutorial written in Chinese).
Numba makes Python code fast. Tips: Specify the variable types when using numba if you wanna ensure very high precision.

Python matplotlib. (1) Github matplotlib-cheatsheet. (2) To customize the plot style (figure size, fonts etc.), just write a “style” file saving in path like “C:(user name).matplotlib\stylelib\” (on Windows). See customizing matplotlib and changes to the default style for detailed description. Download my style file example.
Mathematica plot.(1) Choose appropriate plots. (2) Do specify PlotTheme. (3) Using MaTeX to create LaTeX fonts for ticks and labels.
Simple 3D Programming Using VPython
Use ImageMagick to create .gif from images. (1) Create .gif, convert -delay 50 -loop 0 image_*.png movie.gif. Here -delay 50 means the delay between images is 50/100 seconds, -loop 0 cause the gif to loop over and over again, and the name of images should be in proper alphabetic order like “…, image_09, image_10, image_11, …” instead of “…, image_9, image_10, image_11”.
Use FFmpeg to create .flv from images. (1) Create .flv, ffmpeg -i image_%04d.png -r 5 -vcodec flv movie.flv. Here -i specifies the printf string that was used to make the names of the individual plot files, -r 5 specifies the number of frames per second is 5, and -vcodec is the video codec for Flash, which is called flv.
Use Mathcha to draw Feynman diagrams.

Center for Research Computing documentation at Rice
Research Computing Documentation, University of South Florida (involving settings for specific softwares)
Exercise: running python in the cluster
How to run graphical user interface on Windows? (1) Have a SSH client, e.g. Linux subsystem. (2) Install and open Xming. (3) Enter in BASH export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0. (4) Connect cluster through ssh -X user@nots.rice.edu. (5) Try xterm to see if there is a window opening. If yes, then congratulations!

Mpmath, for real and complex floating-point arithmetic with arbitrary precision. (Python)
LATTICEEASY, for lattice simulations of the evolution of interacting scalar fields in an expanding universe. (C/C++)
CAMB (Code for Anisotropies in the Microwave Background). There is also a web interface for it. (Python/Fortran)

Tutorial

Wikibooks: LaTeX and LaTeX Guide
Using templates, e.g. REVTeX (sudo apt-get install texlive-publishers), LaTeX Templates and ShareLaTeX.

Install LaTeX on Windows

Install LaTeX on Ubuntu

You can replace “texlive” by one of the following commands (click here for details)