Course Information of PHYS 3031 - Mathematical Methods in Physics II

Current / Most Recent Semester:

Fall 2014/15
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Instructor(s): YANG Zhi Yu
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Teaching Pattern:
  • duration of course: about 13 weeks
  • lecture hour(s) / tutorial hour(s) / laboratory hour(s) per week: 3 / 1 / 0
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    No. of Credit(s): 3
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    Content:
  • Functions of a complex variable, Cauchy-Rieman conditions, Laurent series, Cauchy integral formula  and residue theorem
  • Coordinate transformations, including curvilinear coordinates and their vector operations, tenor analysis
  • Special functions such as gamma, beta, error and elliptic functions
  • Partial differential equations in physical problems, second-order ordinary differential equations and series solutions
  • Sturm-Liouville theory and eigenvalue problems
  • Legendre, associate Legendre and Bessel functions
  • Fourier and Laplace transforms
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    Remarks: Prerequisites: MATH 2023 AND MATH 2121 and (MATH 2352 or PHYS 2124)

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