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PHYSICS 434 & 534 - Methods of Mathematical Physics

Instructor
Andrew Rice
Department of Physics
472 Science Building 2
arice "at" pdx.edu
http://web.pdx.edu/~arice/index.html
503-725-3095

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Course Description - A survey of methods of applied mathematics used in modern physics, to include: vectors, matrices, operators, and eigenvalues; tensors; complex variables and complex analysis; Delta function and Green's Function; Fourier series; and Fourier transform.

Prerequisites Recommended -
Physics 201–203/211–213: General physics
Physics 311-312: Modern physics
Mathematics 251–253: Calculus I-III
Mathematics 256: Differential equations and multivariate calculus
Mathematics 261: Linear Algebra

Textbook - Mathematics for Physicists by Susan M. Lea