Mathematical Methods for Theoretic Physics II
Physics 452 Course Information (Winter, 2011) Instructor: Prof.
Luming Duan, Office: Randall 4219; Phone: 763-3179; Email:
[email protected]. Text book:Mathematical Methods for Physicists (by
Arfken and Weber, Sixth Edition) Reference book:
Grouptheoryanditsapplicationtophysicalproblems(ByM.Hamwemesh,Publisher&Edition:DoverPublications,Inc.ISBNnumber:0486661814),onlyneededforthelastchapterongrouptheory
Course schedule: Mon. and Wed. 2:30pm-4:00pm. Room - Denn
224.
Office hours: Duan: Mon. Wed.1-2pm (Randall 4219) Topics of the
Course:
1. Sturn-Liouville theory and eigen-functions (Chapter 10) 2.
Special functions: Bessel (Chapter 11) 3. Special functions:
Legendre (Chapter 12) 4. More special functions (Chapter 13) 5.
Integral equations (Chapter 16) 6. Calculus of variations(Chapter
17) 7. Probability theory (Chapter 19) 8. Group theory (Chapter 4
and the reference book above)
Grading: Homework - 30%; Midterm - 20%; Final - 40%; Class
participation - 10% Exam: 1 Mid-term + 1 Final Homework: Weekly
assignment/collection (normally Monday - Monday). Please note that
late submissions are not acceptable. Course conduct and policy:
1. The University expects you to attend all the classes of the
courses you are taking. I expect the same.
2. Arriving late for class is disruptive. You are expected to
show up on time. 3. Cell phones should be turned off during the
lecture and food is not allowed in class. 4. You can discuss the
homework problems with others, but not allowed to simply copy
solutions. Grading of homework is effort based. 5. You must do
independent work for all the exams. Discussions or copy is not
allowed
during the exam. Grading of exam is performance based.
Homework:
1. Solutions to Homework 1
2. Solutions to Homework 2 3. Solutions to Homework 3 4.
Solutions to Homework 4 5. Solutions to Homework 5 6. Solutions to
Homework 6 7. Solutions to Homework 7 8. Solutions to Homework 8 9.
Solutions to Homework 9 10. Solutions to Homework 10
Lecture notes:
1. Sturn-Liouville theory and eigen-functions (Chapter 10),
Lecture notes 2. Special functions: Bessel (Chapter 11), Lecture
notes 3. Special functions: Legendre (Chapter 12), Lecture notes 4.
More special functions (Chapter 13), Lecture notes 5. Integral
equations (Chapter 16), Lecture notes 6. Calculus of
variations(Chapter 17), Lecture notes 7. Probability theory
(Chapter 19), Lecture notes 8. Group theory (Chapter 4 and the
reference book above), Lecture notes
