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2023-24 Fall - PHYS5110 - Mathematical Methods in Physics

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Instructor(s)/Supervisor(s)/Coordinator(s): Jensen LI
Review of vector analysis; complex variable theory, Cauchy-Rieman conditions, complex Taylor and Laurent series, Cauchy integral formula and residue techniques, conformal mapping; Fourier series; Fourier and Laplace transforms; ordinary differential equations, Bessel functions; partial differential equations, wave and diffusion equations, Laplace, Helmholtz and Poisson's equations, transform techniques, Green's functions; integral equations, Fredholm equations, kernals; Rieman sheets, method of steepest descent; tensors, contravariant and covariant representations; group theory, matrix representations.
Course period1/09/2331/12/23
Course levelPG
Course formatLecture