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This is the website for PY 501, Mathematical
Methods for Physicists.
This website will be updated with lecture notes and homework assignments.
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General course information. pdf .
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Syllabus
pdf
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Notes
on Fourier Transforms (from Sid Redner) pdf .
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Homeworks and handouts.
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Homework 1
Recommended Reading: Churchill and Brown Chapters 1-3
Homework #1:Complex Analysis I .pdf and Figure
Notes: .pdf and , .pdf
Due:Wed Sep 19
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Homework 2
Recommended Reading: Churchill and Brown Chapters 4-6
Homework #1:Complex Analysis II .pdf
Notes: .pdf and , .pdf
Due:Mon Oct 1
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Homework 3
Recommended Reading: Bender and Orzag Chapter 6
Homework #1:Approximating Integrals: .pdf
Notes: .pdf
Gaussian Integrals: .pdf and .pdf
Due: Wed Oct 23
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Homework 4
Recommended Reading: Strogatz Chapters 1-4
Homework #1:1D Dynamical Systems: .pdf
Due: Wed Nov 7
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Homework 5
Recommended Reading: Strogatz Chapters 5-7
Homework #1:2D Dynamical Systems: .pdf
Due: Wed Nov 7
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Homework 6
Recommended Reading: Anything on Bessel Functions and Seperation
of Variables
Notes: .pdf
Homework #1:Seperation of Variables in Cylinderical Coordinates:
.pdf
Notes on Hankel Transforms for Problem 4: .pdf
Due: Mon Dec 2
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Homework 6
Recommended Reading: Seperation
of Variables in Spherical Coordinates
Notes: .pdf
Homework #1:Seperation of Variables in Spherical Coordinates:
.pdf
Due: Wed Dec 11
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