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'''Computational physics''' is the study and implementation of [[numerical analysis]] to solve problems in [[physics]] for which a [[quantitative theory]] already exists.

== Description ==

Historically, computational physics was the first application of modern computers in [[science]], and is now a subset of [[computational science]].

== Relationship to physics ==

It is sometimes regarded as a subdiscipline (or offshoot) of [[theoretical physics]], but others consider it an intermediate branch between theoretical and experimental physics, a third way that supplements theory and experiment.

== See also ==

* [[Collision detection]]
* [[Computation]]
* [[Computational science]]
* [[Computer program]]
* [[Computer science]]
* [[Computer simulation]]
* [[Dynamical simulation]]
* [[Physics]]

== External links == 

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_physics Computational physics] @ Wikipedia

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