PH561 – PH505

MATHEMATICAL METHODS:

SUPPLEMENTARY READING AND CONFERENCE

http://physics.oregonstate.edu/~wwarren/COURSES/ph461/505

Syllabus for Fall 2008

General Information			announcements	Last update 12/05/08
Week	Date	Topic			Reading (RHB 3rd Ed.)	Homework
1	F Oct. 3	NO CLASS – COMP EXAMINATION
2	F Oct. 10	Matrices h1 h2 Vector spaces, linear operations, matrices			§8.1 - §8.5 §8.6 - §8.10
3	F Oct. 17	Transpose, Hermetian conjugates, trace, determinant, inverse h3 Rank, Special square matrices h4			§8.11, §8.12 §8.13	HW1 SolnHW1
4	F Oct. 24	Eigenvalues and eigenvectors h5 Change of basis, similarity transformations, diagonalization h6			§8.14,§8.15, §8.16	HW2 SolnHW2
5	F Oct. 31	Complex Variables h7 Analyticity, Cauchy-Riemann equations			§24.1, §24.2	HW3 SolnHW3
F	F Nov. 7	Complex power series, elementary and multi-valued functions, singularities and zeros			§24.3 - §24.6	HW4 SolnHW4
7	F Nov. 14	Complex integrals, Cauchy’s theorem, Cauchy’s integral formula h8			§24.8 - §24.10	HW5 SolnHW5
8	F Nov. 19	Laurent series, residue theorem			§24.11 - §24.12	HW6 SolnHW6
9	F Nov. 28	HOLIDAY – NO CLASS
10	F Dec. 5	Finding poles and residues, applications				HW7 SolnHW7
	Thursday, Dec 11 14:00 - 15:50	FINAL EXAM final exam info