PHYS 5280: Mathematical Methods for the Physical Sciences
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Fast-paced coverage of mathematical techniques needed for advanced analysis in the physical sciences, particularly for quantum mechanics and electrodynamics. Linear vector spaces and operators. Linear differential equations for time-evolution and steady-state problems, Green's functions and propagators, Sturm-Liouville problems. Functions of a complex variable, calculus of residues, series expansions, integral transforms and applications. (Typically Offered: Fall)