THIRD INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (ISOTPAND2010) SUN. JULY 11--FRI. 23,2010

SEMINAR PROCEEDING

FOUNDATION POSTGRADUATE COURSE(Sunday 11-Sat.17 July, 2010)

At ISOTPAND2010, the first week will be dedicated to postgraduate lectures in Iso-mathematics and computational physics.

Iso-mathematics for hadronic mechanics

This is a research-oriented course with the following course content: Review of the Lie-algebraic foundation of the equation-of-motion of conventional quantum mechanics and its physical limitations to systems with pointlike particles interacting through action-at-distance forces derivable from Hamilton’s action principle.  Activation of inconsistency theorems by inclusion of non-selfadjoint (non-potential/non-Hamiltonian) forces for description of physical non-pointlike (extended) particle systems; and the problem of divergences of Feynman graphical (S-matrix) methods in the conventional carrier space of Einstein’s special relativity theory employed in quantum electrodynamics. Resolution of inconsistencies and divergence problems via non-unitary transformations and isomathematics foundation of hadronic mechanics.  Application of  hadronic mechanics to the problem of nuclear waste treatment.

Computational Physics
The aim of this training course is to expose participants to generalized skills in computational physics as well as to provide a solid foundation on which the participants can readily learn new computational techniques as the need arises. Here Python which is gaining the reputation as the popular choice of a programming environment for a first exposure to scientific computation will be used. The reason is that it has a clean design and object-oriented nature. Furthermore, it has a comprehensive library of modules not only for scientific computation but also for tasks as diverse as manipulating images and running web server. Currently, much of the programming done by Google is in Python. Even more compelling, Python is open source, multi-platform and free. Therefore, it is maintained and extended by a large community of users. Finally, VPython which is a combination of Python plus a module called Visual is a users’ friendly environment for easy creation of navigable 3D simulations and also has a captivating ability to manipulate 3D vectors mathematically. Thus the knowledge of Python and VPython will not only aid the researchers in their numerical works but also in creating 3D manipulations and simulations. The latter is exceptionally relevant to teaching computational physics which has become a generally accepted third pillar of physics in addition to theory and experiment. The design of the programme will be such that in the morning and afternoon, the resource persons will give lectures while in the evening, they will engaged the participants in Work on Assignments in the   computer lab on computational physics. Furthermore, interested participants will be engaged in the computer lab on computational physics in the evenings of the seminar week.

Schedule:

Full papers must be submitted 30 days after the event.

Contact of International Scientific Committee:
Secretariat:
Dr. Godfrey Akpojotor
E-mail: akpogea@niss-edu.net
Tel.: +234 802 828 4393; +234 806 660 2677
Website: http://www.niss-edu.net