Lecture
Notes
Phys 29000 -Mathematical Methods for Physicists I
Birgit
Kaufmann
Fall Semester, 2009
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Contact Information: |
Office |
Phys 291 |
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ebkaufma@math.purdue.edu
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| Telephone |
(765) 494-0218 |
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| Office Hours |
Mon, Wed, 11:00 am-12:00 pm and by
appointment
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| Midterms: |
1. Sep 30, 2009 in class |
Material covered: Chapters 1-3 Sample Problems for Midterm 1 the exam will be closed book- no calculators allowed |
| 2. Nov 4, 2009 in class |
Material covered: Chapters 4-6 Sample Problems for Midterm 2 the exam will be closed book- no calculators allowed |
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| Final: |
Tues, Dec 15, 2009 10:20 am- 12:20 pm LILY 3118 |
no calculators! Sample Final |
Text: Basic training in Mathematics by R. Shankar, Springer, 2006
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Wed, Sep 2 |
p.13 pr.1.3.1; p.18 pr. 1.3.2; p.22 pr. 1.4.1; p.25 pr. 1.6.1, p.26 pr. 1.6.2, p.27 pr. 1.6.5, pr. 1.6.7; p. 28 pr. 1.6.9 |
Please show the details of your
work! |
| 2 |
Wed, Sep 9 |
Homework
Set 2 |
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| 3 |
Wed, Sep 16 |
Homework
Set 3 |
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| 4 |
Wed, Sep 23 |
Homework
Set 4 |
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| 5 |
Wed, Sep 30 |
no homework, please look at the
sample problems for Midterm I |
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| 6 |
Wed, Oct 7 |
p.79, 4.2.4; p.80 4.2.5, 4.2.6; p.81
4.3.1; p.85 4.3.3; p. 86 4.3.6 |
Hints
for this homework |
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Fri, Oct 16 |
p. 94 5.2.4, p.97 5.3.2, p. 98
5.3.4, p. 103 5.4.4, p. 111 6.1.5, p. 116 6.1.12 |
Sorry, there is some confusion in
the solution to 5.3.2. (ii) z_1=e^(i*(arctan(-24/7)+pi)) is the
same as e^(2*i*arctan(4/3)) |
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Wed, Oct 21 |
Homework
Set 7 |
Hint for 6.2.10: 80+18*i=(9+i)^2 |
| 9 |
Wed, Oct 28 |
Homework
Set 8 |
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| 10 |
Wed, Nov 4 |
no homework, please look at the sample problems
for Midterm II |
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| 11 |
Wed, Nov 11 |
Homework Set 9 |
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| 12 |
Wed, Nov 18 |
Homework Set 10 |
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| 13 |
Wed, Dec 2 |
Homework Set 11 |
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| 14 |
Wed, Dec 9 |
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