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PHYS600 — Fall 2018

PHYS600: Methods of Theoretical Physics I (PAST/FUTURE SEMESTER)

Offering:
Fall, Summer, Cr. 3


Prerequisites:
None
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Description:
PHYS 600 is designed to provide first-year graduate students with the mathematical background for subsequent studies of advanced mechanics, electrodynamics, and quantum theory. Topics treated include functions of complex variable, ordinary and partial differential equations, eigenvalue problems and orthogonal functions. Green functions, matrix theory, and tensor analysis in three and four dimensions.


Instructor(s):
LYANDA-GELLER, YULI


Email:
yuli@purdue.edu


Textbook(s) for Fall 2018

Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher Req/Opt Notes
Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics Bryon & Fuller August 20, 1992 978-0486671642 Dover Publications Required
Mathematical Methods for Physicists Arfken & Weber 7th 978-0123846549 Elsevier Science Publishers Optional

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