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Mathematical Physics (Part-1)-Contents

1. Vector Analysis…………………………………………………………………...(1-48)
1.1 Vector Algebra
1.1.1 Vector Operations
1.1.2 Vector Algebra: Component Form
1.1.3 Triple Products
1.1.4 Position, Displacement, and Separation Vectors
1.2 Curvilinear Coordinates
1.2.1 Spherical Polar Coordinates
1.2.2 Cylindrical Polar Coordinates
1.3 Differential Calculus
1.3.1 “Ordinary” Derivatives
1.3.2 Gradient

1.3.3 The Operator 

1.3.4 The Divergence
1.3.5 The Curl
1.3.6 Product Rules
1.3.7 Second Derivatives
1.4 Integral Calculus
1.4.1 Line, Surface, and Volume Integrals
1.4.2 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
1.4.3 The Fundamental Theorem for Gradients
1.4.4 The Fundamental Theorem for Divergences
1.4.5 The Fundamental Theorem for Curls
1.5 The Dirac Delta Function
1.5.1 The Divergence of rˆ / r 2
1.5.2 The One- Dimensional Dirac Delta Function
1.5.3 The Three-Dimensional Delta Function
1.6 The Theory of Vector Fields
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2. Ordinary Differential Equations………………………………………………(49-85)

2.1 Concept of Solution
2.2 First-Order Differential Equations
2.2.1 Separable Differential Equations
2.2.2 Homogeneous Equation (Reduction to Separable Form)
2.2.3 Equations Reducible to Homogeneous Form
2.2.4 Exact Differential Equation
2.2.5 Equations Reducible to the Exact Form
2.2.6 Linear Differential Equations
2.2.7 Equation Reducible to Linear Form
2.3 Linear Differential Equations of Second Order
2.3.1 Homogeneous Linear Equations of Second Order
2.3.2 Second Order Homogeneous Equations with Constant Coefficients
2.3.3 Second Order Homogeneous Equation of the form x 2 y   axy  by  0
2.3.4 Concept of Wornskian (Linear dependence and independence)
2.3.5 Nonhomogeneous Linear Equations of Second Order
2.3.6 Nonhomogeneous Equation of the form x 2 y   axy  by  x m
2.4 Singular Points of Linear Differential Equations of Second Order

3. Linear Algebra: Matrices……………………………………………………(86-114)

3.1 Basic Concepts, Matrix Addition, Scalar Multiplication
3.1.1 Basic Concepts
3.1.2 Matrix Addition
3.1.3 Scalar Multiplication
3.2 Matrix Multiplication
3.2.1 Properties of Matrix Multiplication
3.3 Special Matrices
3.3.1 Triangular Matrices

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3.3.2 Diagonal Matrices

3.3.3 Scalar Matrix
3.3.4 Unit Matrix (Identity Matrix)
3.4 Inverse of a Matrix
3.5 Matrix Eigen value Problems
3.5.1 The Cayley-Hamilton Theorem
3.6 Symmetric, Skew-Symmetric, and Orthogonal Matrices
3.6.1 Symmetric Matrix
3.6.2 Skew-Symmetric Matrix
3.6.3 Orthogonal Matrix
3.7 Hermitian, Skew- Hermitian, and Unitary Matrices (Complex Matrices)
3.7.1 Hermitian Matrix
3.7.2 Skew- Hermitian Matrix
3.7.3 Unitary Matrix
3.8 Similarity of Matrices, Basis of Eigenvectors, and Diagonalisation
3.8.1 Similarity of Matrices
3.8.2 Basis of Eigenvectors
3.8.3 Diagonalisation
3.9 Functional Matrices

4. Fourier Series…………………………………………………………...……(115-139)
4.1 Periodic Functions and Trignometric Series
4.1.1 Periodic Functions
4.1.2 Trignometric Series
4.2 Fourier Series
4.2.1 Euler Formulas for the Fourier Coefficients
4.2.2 Orthogonality of the Trignometric System
4.2.3 Convergence and Sum of Fourier series
4.3 Function of Any Period p = 2L

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4.4 Even and Odd functions and Half-Range Expansion

4.4.1 Even and Odd function
4.4.2 Half-Range Expansion
4.5 Complex Fourier series
4.6 Approximation by Trignometric Polynomials
4.6.1 Minimum square error
4.6.2 Parseval’s Identity

5. Calculus of Single and Multiple Variable………………………..…………(140-160)

5.1 Limits
5.1.1 Right Hand and Left hand Limits
5.1.2 Theorem of Limits
5.1.3 L’Hospital’s Rule
5.2 Continuity
5.3 Differentiability
5.3.1 Tangents and Normal
5.3.2 Condition for tangent to be parallel or perpendicular to x-axis
5.3.3 Maxima and Minima
5.4 Partial Differentiation
5.4.1 Euler theorem of Homogeneous function
5.4.2 Maxima and Minima (of function of two independent variable)
5.5 Jacobian
5.5.1 Properties of Jacobian
5.6 Taylor’s series and Maclaurine series expansion
5.6.1 Maclaurine’s Development

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6. Complex Numbers………………………..…………………………….……(161-174)
6.1 Basic Properties
6.2 Functions in the Complex Domain
6.3 Polar Representation
6.4 Complex Numbers of Unit Magnitude
6.5 Circular and Hyperbolic Functions
6.6 Inverse Hyperbolic Functions
6.7 Powers and Roots
6.8 Logarithm
Multiple Choice Questions with Solutions………………………..…….……(175-235)

Mathematical Physics (Part-2)-Contents

7. Complex Analysis………………………………………………………………...(1-70)
7.1 Complex Variables and Functions
7.2 Cauchy-Riemann Conditions
7.2.1 Analytic Functions
7.2.2 Derivatives of Analytic Functions
7.2.3 Point at Infinity
7.3 Cauchy’s Integral Theorem
7.3.1 Contour Integrals
7.3.2 Statement of Theorem
7.3.3 Multiply Connected Regions
7.4 Cauchy’s Integral Formula
7.4.1 Derivatives
7.4.2 Morera’s Theorem
7.5 Taylor Expansion & Laurent Expansion
7.5.1 Taylor Expansion
7.5.2 Laurent Expansion

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7.6 Zeros and Singularities

7.6.1 Zeros
7.6.2 Singularities (Poles)
7.7 Calculus of Residues
7.7.1 Residue Theorem
7.7.2 Computing Residues
7.7.3 Cauchy Principal Value
7.8 Evaluation of Definite Integrals
7.8.1 Trignometric Integrals, Range  0, 2 

7.8.2 Integrals, Range  to 

7.8.3 Integrals with Complex Exponentials
7.8.3 Another Integration Technique
7.9 Branch Points
7.10 Evaluation of Definite Integrals with Branch Points
7.10.1 Avoidance of Branch Points
7.10.2 Exploiting Branch Cuts
8. Laplace Transforms…………………………………………………………(71-102)
8.1 Laplace Transform and Inverse Laplace Transform
8.1.1 Linearity of the Laplace Transform
8.1.2 First Shifting Theorem
8.2 Transform of Derivatives and Integrals, Differential Equations
8.2.1 Laplace Transform of the Derivatives
8.2.2 Laplace Transform of Differential Equations
8.2.3 Laplace Transform of the Integral of a Function
8.3 Unit Step Function, Second Shifting Theorem and Dirac’s Delta Function
8.3.1 Unit Step Function
8.3.2 Second Shifting Theorem (t-shifting)
8.3.3 Dirac’s Delta Function

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8.4 Differentiation and Integration of Transforms

8.4.1 Differentiation of Transforms
8.4.2 Integration of Transforms
8.5 Convolution
8.6 Partial Fractions, Differential Equations
8.7 Laplace Transform of Periodic Functions
9. Fourier Transforms…………………………………………………….……(103-129)
9.1 Basic Fourier Transforms Analysis
9.2 The Fourier Transform
9.2.1 The Fourier Integral
9.2.2 The Inverse Fourier Transform
9.2.3 Existence of the Fourier Integral
9.2.4 Alternate Fourier Transform Definitions
9.3 Fourier Transform Properties
9.3.1 Linearity
9.3.2 Symmetry
9.3.3 Time Scaling
9.3.4 Frequency Scaling
9.3.5 Time-Shifting
9.3.6 Frequency-Shifting
9.3.7 Even Functions
9.3.8 Odd Functions
9.3.9 Waveform Decomposition
9.3.10 Complex Time Functions
9.4 Fourier Transform of the Derivative of h (t).
10. Partial Differential Equations………………………………………...……(130-149)
10.1 Basic Concepts
10.2 One Dimensional Wave Equation
10.3 One Dimensional Heat Equation

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10.4 Steady State Two Dimensional Heat Flow (2D Laplace Equation)
10.5 Two Dimensional Wave Equation
10.6 Laplacian
10.6.1 in Polar Coordinates
10.6.2 in Cylindrical Coordinates
10.6.3 in Spherical Coordinates
11. Special Functions………………………………………...……(150-164)
11.1 Bessel Functions
11.2 Legendre Functions
11.3 Hermite Functions
11.4 Laguerre Functions
12. Numerical Techniques………………………………………...............……(165-180)
12.1 Roots of functions
12.1.1 Bisection Method
12.1.2 Iteration Method
12.1.3 Newton-Raphson Method
12.2 Integration
12.2.1 Trapezoid rule
12.2.2 Simpson’s rule
12.3 Solution of ordinary differential equation using
12.3.1 Taylor’s Series method
12.3.2 Eulers methods
12.3.3 Runge-Kutta method
12.3.4 Finite difference methods
13. Elementary Probability Theory…………….………………...............……(181-203)
13.1 Probability Concepts
13.2 Conditional probability
13.2.1 Bayes Theorem

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13.3 Permutations and Combinations

13.3.1 Permutations
13.3.2 Combinations
13.4 Random Variable
13.4.1 Discrete Random Variables and distribution
13.4.2 Continuous Random Variables and distribution
13.5 Some Important Discrete Distribution
13.5.1 Uniform distribution
13.5.2 Bernoulli distribution
13.5.3 Binomial distribution
13.5.4 Poisson distribution
13.6 Some Important Continuous Distribution
13.6.1 Uniform distribution
13.6.2 Normal distribution
13.7 Central Limit Theorem
13.8 Joint distribution
14. Introductory Group Theory…………….………………...............……(204-217)
14.1 Definition of a Group
14.2 Reducible and Irreducible Group
14.3 Lie Groups
14.3.1 The U 1 Group

14.3.2 The U  2  Group

14.3.3 The SU  2  Group

14.3.4 The SO  2  Group

14.3.5 The SO  3 Group

14.3.6 The SU  3 Group

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