Phys 504   METHODS OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS II
METU Credit & ECTS Credit: 3(3-0) & 8.0

Catalog Description:             

Integral equations, series, calculus of variations, Green's function, group theory and applications.
Instructor:
Ayşe Kalkanlı Karasu 
Lecture Hours:
Monday 13:40 -15:30 , Thursday 13:40 -14:30 , Place: Room # 421
Course Objectives:
This course is intended to provide students with the mathematical skills needed for graduate study in physics.
Course Outline:
  • Introduction.
  • Fourier series, Fourier transforms, Laplace transforms
1st Midterm Exam - March 17, 2008
  • Integral Equations
  • Greens Functions
2nd Midterm Exam - April 28, 2008
  • Calculus of Variations
Final Exam -  7 June, 2008  ( 9.30 - 12.30 )
Reference  Books:
  • ARFKEN G and WEBER H, Mathematical Methods of Physics, Academic Press (1995)
  • BAYRON FW and FULLER RW, Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics, Dover (1992)
  • BAYIN S, Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering , John Wiley & Sons (2006)
  • BOAS ML, Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences, John Wiley & Sons (1983)
  • BUTKOV E, Mathematical Physics, Addison-Wesley Pub.Co., NY (1968)
  • HILDEBRAND FB, Methods of Applied Mathematics, Prentice-Hall Inc. (1965)
Grading:
  • Formal Examinations:Two midterms (each weights 20%) and Final (40%)
Only those students who have medical report can take make-up exams!

  • Homeworks:(20%)
Submitted answer sheets must include all calculation/work and give full reference to any result   quoted from any source!

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