ChatGPT is a large language model recently released by the OpenAI company. In this technical report, we explore for the first time the capability of ChatGPT for programming numerical algorithms. Specifically, we examine the capability of GhatGPT for generating codes for numerical algorithms in different programming languages, for debugging and improving written codes by users, for completing missed parts of numerical codes, rewriting available codes in other programming languages, and for parallelizing serial codes. Additionally, we assess if ChatGPT can recognize if given codes are written by humans or machines. To reach this goal, we consider a variety of mathematical problems such as the Poisson equation, the diffusion equation, the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, compressible inviscid flow, eigenvalue problems, solving linear systems of equations, storing sparse matrices, etc. Furthermore, we exemplify scientific machine learning such as physics-informed neural networks and convolutional neural networks with applications to computational physics. Through these examples, we investigate the successes, failures, and challenges of ChatGPT. Examples of failures are producing singular matrices, operations on arrays with incompatible sizes, programming interruption for relatively long codes, etc. Our outcomes suggest that ChatGPT can successfully program numerical algorithms in different programming languages, but certain limitations and challenges exist that require further improvement of this machine learning model.

翻译：ChatGPT是OpenAI公司最近发布的一个大型语言模型。在本技术报告中，我们首次探索了ChatGPT在编程数值算法方面的能力。具体而言，我们考察了ChatGPT在不同编程语言中生成数值算法代码、调试和改进用户编写的代码、补全数值代码缺失部分、将现有代码重写为其他编程语言以及将串行代码并行化的能力。此外，我们还评估了ChatGPT能否识别给定代码是由人类还是机器编写的。为实现这一目标，我们考虑了多种数学问题，如泊松方程、扩散方程、不可压缩纳维-斯托克斯方程、可压缩无黏流、特征值问题、线性方程组求解、稀疏矩阵存储等。此外，我们举例说明了科学机器学习，例如物理信息神经网络和卷积神经网络在计算物理学中的应用。通过这些例子，我们研究了ChatGPT的成功之处、失败案例和面临的挑战。失败案例包括生成奇异矩阵、对尺寸不兼容的数组进行操作、编程中断对较长代码的处理等。我们的结果表明，ChatGPT能够成功地在不同编程语言中编程数值算法，但仍存在某些局限性和挑战，需要进一步改进这一机器学习模型。