TEXT: Mathematical
Methods in the Physical Sciences, Mary L. Boas, 2nd Ed.,
Div, Grad, Curl, and All That, H. M. Schey
ATTENDANCE POLICY: The instructor reserves the right to subtract one-half of a letter grade for each absence beyond the first three. I do not expect you to learn all of your physics from my magnificent lectures, just as I would not expect you to learn it all simply from reading every sentence of the text, or by doing every homework problem. However, each one of these items you miss diminishes the understanding you are likely to gain of the course material.
EXAMS: There will be three exams during regular class time during the semester, Thursday, Sept. 10, Thursday, Oct. 8, and Thursday, Nov. 12, plus a Final Exam, Monday, Dec. 14, 1:30-4:30.
GRADING POLICY: Your final
average will be calculated from the following:
| Homework |
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| Three semester exams |
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| Final Project presentation |
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| Final Exam |
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THE LECTURES: (Chapters refer to Boas, unless otherwise stated.)
| 8/27: Boas Ch. 4
Complex Analysis & Computer tools |
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| 9/1: Ch. 4
CA |
9/3: Boas, Ch. 4
CA |
| 9/8: Ch. 4
CA |
9/10:
EXAM I |
| 9/15: Boas Ch. 6, Schey I
Vector Analysis |
9/17: Boas Ch. 6, Schey II
VA |
| 9/22: Boas Ch. 6, Schey III
VA |
9/24: Boas Ch. 6, Schey III
VA |
| 9/29: Boas Ch. 6, Schey IV
VA |
10/1: Ch. 7
Fourier Analysis |
| 10/6: Ch. 7
FA |
10/8:
EXAM II |
| 10/13: Ch. 7
FA |
10/15:
No class |
| 10/20: Ch.15
Fourier Transform |
10/22: Ch. 9:
Calculus of Variation |
| 10/27: Ch. 9
CV |
10/29: Ch. 9
CV |
| 11/3: Ch. 9
CV |
11/5: Ch. 13
Partial Differential Equations |
| 11/10: Ch. 13
PDE |
11/12: Ch.
EXAM III |
| 11/17: Ch. 13
PDE |
11/19: Ch.
PDE |
| 11/24:
Thanksgiving Break |
11/26:
Thanksgiving Break |
| 12/1:
Special Topics |
12/3:
ST |
| 12/8:
Special Topics, Projects |
12/10:
ST, P |