Intro, Syllabus, Contract
Intro, Syllabus, Contract
GRADING Mid-Exam 30 %
Final Exam 30 %
Home Assignments 15 %
Quiz 15 %
Class Performance + Attendance 10 %
EXAM REQUIREMENT MIN. 75 % ATTENDANCE (For both Mid & Final Exam)
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Course Topics
TOPICS IN GENERAL
1. FOURIER SERIES AND TRANSFORMS (FS)
2. ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (ODE)
3. CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS (CV)
MID-SEMESTER EXAM4
4. SPECIAL FUNCTIONS (SF)
5. SERIES SOLUTIONS OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LEGENDRE POLYNOMIALS;
BESSEL FUNCTIONS; SETS OF ORTHOGONAL FUNTIONS (SDE)
6. PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (PDE)
FINAL EXAM
3
Course Topics
DAY TOPICS IN DETAILS
6 ODE : Separable equations; Linear ODE; Other methods for first ODE
7 ODE : Second-order linear eq. with constant coeff. & zero right hand side; and non-zero right hand
side
8 ODE : Other second-order equations; Laplace Transform
15 SF: Factorial function; Gamma function (recursion relation, neg.numbers, important formulas)
24 PDE: Laplace eq. (steady state temp. in rectangular plate) ; Schrodinger eq.
28 REVIEW
FINAL EXAM 5
REFERENCES
Boas, M. L., Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences, 3rd ed, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2006
(Available to download at i-learn webpage)