Topics:
Official syllabus useful information and schedule of the lectures
Bibliography and Links some books and web resources for reference
A Maple essentials tutorial a worksheet to learn quickly the basics of Maple
Learning Guide an introduction to Maple
Notes on using Maple, some tips to save you trouble
Ideas for a Maple project and sample projects
A very brief linear algebra review (print version) A very brief linear algebra review, large display version
Geometry space: symmetries (print version) Geometry of space: symmetries (large display version)
Geometry of space: lattices and space groups (print) Geometry of space: lattices and space groups (display)
Frames (print) Frames (display)
Torsion angles and proteins (print) Torsion angles and proteins (display)
Rotations (print) Rotations (display)
X-ray crystallography, Fourier series (print) X-ray crystallography, Fourier series (display)
NMR (print) NMR (display)
Protein folding and energy minimization (print) Protein folding and energy minimization (display)
The discrete Frenet frame (print) The discrete Frenet frame (display)
The Boltzmann distribution (print) The Boltzmann distribution (display)
Writhe and Twist of DNA Writhe and Twist of DNA, large display version
Homework 1 due Tuesday September 20
Homework 2 due Tuesday September 27
Homework3 due Tuesday November 1
Space groups, worksheet Space groups, problems
3D Space groups worksheet Problem
Protein data bank files: Maple worksheet pdb file for bacteriorhodopsin problems
Maple worksheet on rotations Exercises on rotations
Maple worksheet Fourier series Exercises on Fourier series
Exercises on square roots of symmetric matrices.
Discrete curves worksheet Discrete curve exercises
Hydrogen bonds, alpha helices, energy minimization
Tests