MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR PHYSICISTS
PHYS 215
    University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Physics
Instructor: Henrik Aratyn

Description


Chapter 1 : Vectors and Fields in Space, Chapter 2:  Transformations, Matrices, and Operators, Chapter 3:   Differential Equations Chapter 4: Power series methods, Legendre and Bessel functions, Chapter 5:  Eigenfuction expansions, Generalized Fourier Series and Fourier Transforms, Special Functions

Format


  • Lecture: W, F 9:00- 9:50 am (in 216 Taft Hall), M 9:00-10:50 (in 216 Taft Hall)
  • Maple PC Lab (Phys 216) F 10:00-11 am (in 205B SES)
  • Office Hours:  M 1:00-2:00pm in 2244 SES, F 11-12pm in 2376 SES
  • Tutor:

    Timour Ten (tten1@uic.edu), all Office Hours in 205 SES (Science Learning Center): Tue. 1-3pm Thursday 11-1pm, F 1-3 pm

  • Grading Policy: Homework 10%, 1-st and 2-nd Midterm 30%, Final 30 %
  • Grader: Timour Ten (tten1@uic.edu)
  • Date of the Final Exam: date : May 03, 10:30-12:30,  place:  216 Taft Hall, Note: No Makeup Exam will be given! Medical emergencies must be documented. Note special date and time.
  • Homework is available at http://www.uic.edu/~aratyn/p215_hmw.htm
  • Homework for each weak must be handed in every Monday in class.

Prerequisites


Math 210

Credit


4 semester hours--see Recommended Plan of Study

Offered


Spring only--see Recommended Plan of Study

Topical outline


See detailed sylabus at http://www.uic.edu/~aratyn/phys215-syllabus.html

Main Text


Text:H. Aratyn and C. Rasinariu "A Short Course in Mathematical Methods with Maple", published by World Scientific

Web links



Vector Calculus Page at MIT
Calculus Page from N. Zealand
List of Calculus Links

Comments


Physics 215 is a prerequisite for Phys 401 (E&M) and Phys 441 (Classical Mechanics) and Phys 411 (QM). The overall intent of this course is to make students feel comfortable with mathematical tools required for 400-level physics courses. Simulations and exercises using the symbolic programming package Maple will be a part of a parallel course Physics 216. UIC computer labs have plenty of machines for public use running Maple.



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