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 136 SES), M 9:00-10:50 (in 136 SES)
  • Maple PC Lab (Phys 216) M 11:00-12pm (in 205B SES)
  • Office Hours:  M 1:00-2:00pm in 2244 SES, F 11-12pm in 2376 SESS
  • Tutor:

    Timour Ten (tten1@uic.edu), all Office Hours in 2101 SEL: Wed. 3-5pm, Thursday 1-3pm, F 12-1pm

  • Grading Policy: Homework 10%, 1-st and 2-nd Midterm 30%, Final 30 %
  • Grader: Timour Ten (tten1@uic.edu)
  • Date of the Final Exam: May 5, Tu. 10:30-12:30, 136 SES, Note: No Makeup Exam will be given! Medical emergencies must be documented.
  • 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 it is strongly recommended for students planning to take 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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