README.md

Introduction to Fortran for Scientific computing

Exercise material and model answers for the CSC course "Fortran in Scientific Computing". The course is part of the PRACE Training activity at CSC

Exercises

General instructions

Getting started with Fortran

• Program compilation and execution
• Control structures
• Bonus: finite-difference Laplacian

Modules and procedures

• Simple module
• Scoping
• Intrinsic modules and type precision

Fortran arrays

• Array sections
• Simple array syntax
• Bonus: Laplacian with array syntax
• Dynamic arrays and array intrinsincs
• Bonus: passing arrays to procedures

Input and output

• IO formatting and simple file IO
• Formatted and unformatted writing
• Bonus: Reading data from a file

Derived types

• Using derived types
• Bonus: derived type for heat equation

Other exercises

• Operator overloading
• Command line arguments
• Bonus: Heat equation