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Valid for year : 2006
 
TANA70 Fortran, 1,5 ECTS credits.
/Fortran/

For:   C   D   I   Ii   IT   M   Y  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 18
Rec. self-study hours: 22

  Area of Education: Science

Subject area: Mathematics, Computer science

  Advancement level (A-D): B

Aim:
The aim of the course is to give basic knowledge about the programming language Fortran, the primary language of science and technology. The course also intends to give practical familarity with using the Fortran language on computers.

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Programming experience in some high level programming language. Basic course in Numerical Methods.

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Supplementary courses:
TANA 77 Programming of Parallel Computers, scientific computations.

Organisation:
The Fortran language is presented at the lectures. The purpose of the computer exercises is to make the student familiar with actually using Fortran on a computer.

Course contents:
Fortran 90 and Fortran 95. Fix mode and free mode. The basic elements of the language. Data and program structures. Input and output. Character manipulation. Subroutines and functions. Files. Modules. History of Fortran. Fortran 2003.

Course literature:
  • Einarsson, B., Chubarov, L., Shokin, Y.: Fortran 95 Tutorial. Linköping, 2000.
  • Michael Metcalf, John Reid och Malcolm Cohen: Fortran 95/2003 Explained, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 2004. ISBN 0-19-852693-8.


Examination:
Computer exercises
1 p
 
Grades are given as �?~Fail�?T or �?~Pass�?T.



Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: MAI.
Director of Studies: Tommy Elfving
Examiner: Bo Einarsson
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Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 11/14/2005