Mathematical Physics 522

Fall Quarter 1999

 

  • Instructor: Dr. Robert Nemiroff
  • e-mail: nemiroff@mtu.edu
  • Office Hours: By appointment
  • Office Location: Fisher Building, Room 114
  • Office Phone: 487-2198 (e-mail preferred)

    • Text: Arfken & Weber, Mathematical Methods for Physicists, 4th edition

    Grading: 60% Homework (human)
    10% Homework (computer)
    30% Final (open book, notes)

    Rough schedule: (29 lectures, 1 or 2 problems per lecture due next class), [brackets] denote material covered in a single lecture. Note that section 8.8 on numerical solutions to differential equations has been placed in the middle of the Chapter 5 material. This section will require a computer project as homework to be handed in before the final.

    Chapter 1: Vector Analysis [1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9]
    Chapter 2: Coordinates and Tensors [2.4, 2.5], [2.6, 2.7, 2.8], [2.9]
    Chapter 3: Determinants and Matrices [3.1, 3.2], [3.3], [3.4], [3.5]
    Chapter 5: Infinite Series [5.6], [5.7], [8.8], [5.8]
    Chapter 6: Complex Variables I [6.1], [6.2], [6.3], [6.4], [6.5]
    Chapter 7: Complex Variables II [7.1], [7.2], [7.3]
    Chapter 8: Differential Equations [8.1, 8.2], [8.3], [8.4], [8.5], [8.6], [8.7]
    Chapter 9: Orthogonal Functions [9.1], [9.2], [9.3]

     

    Next Course in this series: Math-Physics 524:
    Statistics, Special Functions, Fourier Analysis, Integral Transforms
    Special Functions Include: Legendre and Bessel