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PHYSICS 6124 Math Methods-Physics I
 

Instructor:  Kurt Wiesenfeld
Email:  kurt.wiesenfeld [at] physics.gatech.edu
Office: W504 Howey, (404)894-2429
Office Hours: Tues 11-1, and by appointment
Lectures:  T,R 0935-1055 in Howey S107


TA: Huaming Li
Email: gtg527i@mail.gatech.edu
Phone: 404 385 2852
Office hours: wednesday, 10-11 and 12-1 to be held in the physics library on the 2nd floor of Howey.

Huaming is also happy to set up appointments at other times.

 

 
Text: G.B. Arfken and H.J. Weber, Mathematical Methods for Physicists (Academic Press, San Diego) ISBN: 012059815-9.

Click here to find online retailers who sell the book. New books can be purchased at the Engineer's bookstore on Marietta street.

 
Homework:
  Weekly assignments will be posted on this website (see below), to be handed back at the start of class each Thursday. You are allowed (and encouraged) to work together with other students on homework, as long as you write up and turn in your own solutions. Solutions will be posted immediately following class, so please no late homeworks.
Grading:
  For those students taking this course on a pass-fail (S/U) basis, completing the weekly homework assignments is the only requirement. Those who needed to register in a letter grade basis will be asked to take a final exam.
Exams:
  None for S/U students; one (final) exam for letter-grade students.
GT Honor Code: http://www.honor.gatech.edu/
   
Assignments:
 
Homework Solutions
Homework 01 Solution Set #01
Homework 02 Solution Set #02
Homework 03 Solution Set #03
Homework 04 Solution Set #04
Homework 05 Solution Set #05
Homework 06 Solution Set #06
Homework 07 Solution Set #07
Homework 08 Solution Set #08
Homework 09 Solution Set #09
Homework 10 Solution Set #10
Homework 11 Solution Set #11
Additional Material:
  Matlab programs:
  1. A_Bomb_6124.m
  2. BesselDrumhead_6124.m
  3. circulant6124.m
  4. HeavysideDemo6124.m
  5. phonon_chain_6124.m

Other material:

  1. Legendre Functions and Spherical Harmonics
  2. Bessel Functions
  3. Distribution and Delta Functions


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