Physics 440: Mathematical Methods of Physics Spring 2007

Extraordinarily Tentative Lecture Schedule

Monday, 26 March Convergence of Infinite Series Reading: 5.1-5.3	Wednesday, 28 March Functions & Expansions Reading: 5.4-5.7	Friday, 30 March Integrals & Asymptotic Series Reading: 5.8, 5.10
Monday, 2 April Complex Variables Reading: 6.1-6.3 PS1	Wednesday, 4 April Laurent & Cauchy (not a sitcom) Reading: 6.4-6.6	Friday, 6 April Mapping Reading: 6.7
Monday, 9 April Residues Reading: 7.1 PS2	Wednesday, 11 April Dispersion Relations Reading: 7.2	Friday, 13 April Intro to Fourier Series Reading: 14.1-14.2
Monday, 16 April Applications du Fourier Reading: 14.3	Wednesday, 18 April Fourthier Fourier Series Reading: 14.4-14.6 PS3	FRIDAY, 20 APRIL EXAM I Chapters 5-7, 14
Monday, 23 April Intro to DIFFEQ’s Reading: 9.1-9.2	Wednesday, 25 April Separation of Variables Reading: 9.3-9.4	Friday, 27 April Series Solutions Reading: 9.5-9.6
Monday, 30 April Green’s Function Reading: 9.7 PS4	Wednesday, 2 May Diffusion & Homology Relations Reading 9.8	Friday, 4 May Midterm Reading Period No Class
Monday, 7 May Self-Adjoint ODE’s Reading: 10.1-10.2	Wednesday, 9 May Orthogonalization Reading: 10.3-10.4 PS5	Friday, 11 May Green’s Function Yet Again Reading: 10.5
MONDAY, 14 MAY EXAM II Chapters 9-10	Wednesday, 16 May Intro to Bessel Functions Reading: 11.1-11.2	Friday, 18 May Related Functions Reading 11.3-11.5
Monday, 21 May Expansions & Spherical Bessel Reading 11.6-11.7 PS6	Wednesday, 23 May Fourier Transforms Reading: 15.1-15.4	Friday, 25 May More Transforms Reading: 15.5-15.7
Monday, 28 May Memorial Day Holiday No Class	Wednesday, 30 May Still More Transforms Reading: 15.8-15.10	Friday, 1 June Transform Laplace Inverse Reading 15.11-15.12 PS7

Final Exam: Tuesday, 5 June 2007: 1:30-4:30pm.