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Physics 4321 / 7305 - Methods of Theoretical Physics

Course Information

Fall 2008

Lecturer: Professor Randall J. Scalise
Office hours: Monday noon-1:00pm in room 104 Fondren Science, during any laboratory period in room 32 Fondren Science, and by appointment.
Contact:
- Call or leave a message at 768-2504, or
- Leave a note in the Physics Department Office - 106 Fondren Science, or
- send me e-mail: <scalise@mail.physics.smu.edu>
Meeting time and place: 11:00-12:20pm TR in 26 Fondren Science
Mathematica tutorial PostScript 4 pages, 537511 bytes; PDF 4 pages, 32563 bytes
Grading:
- Homework - 60% (drop lowest)
- Midterm Examination - 20%
- Final Examination - 20%

Letter grade break points:

91.5 < A  < 100
87.5 < A- < 91.5
83.5 < B+ < 87.5
79.0 < B  < 83.5
75.0 < B- < 79.0
71.0 < C+ < 75.0
62.5 < C  < 71.0
50.0 < D  < 62.5
 0.0 < F  < 50.0

Texts There is no course textbook, but any of the following may be useful. They are in the library and you can find them used (any edition) at abebooks.com
- Mathematical Methods For Physicists by George B. Arfken and Hans J. Weber
  # ISBN-10: 0120598760
  # ISBN-13: 978-0120598762
- Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig
  # ISBN-10: 0471488852
  # ISBN-13: 978-0471488859
- Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Peter V. O'Neil
  # ISBN-10: 0534552080
  # ISBN-13: 978-0534552084
Lecture notes
- Pages 1 - 10 (PDF format)
- Pages 11 - 20 (PDF format)
- Pages 21 - 29 (PDF format)
- Green functions (PDF format)
- Pages 30 - 40 (PDF format)
- Pages 41 - 50 (PDF format)
- Pages 51 - 55 (PDF format)
- Pages 56 - 66 (PDF format)
- Pages 67 - 77 (PDF format)
- Pages 78 - 88 (PDF format)
Homework
- homework #1 (PDF format) - due Friday 5 September 2008, 6:00PM (Mathematica example notebook PDF format,Fourier.nb)
- homework #2 (PDF format) - due Friday 19 September 2008, 6:00PM
- homework #3 (PDF format) - due Friday 3 October 2008, 6:00PM
- homework #4 (PDF format) - due Friday 10 October 2008, 6:00PM
- homework #5 (PDF format) - due Friday 24 October 2008, 6:00PM
- homework #6 - Redo the midterm exam (all problems)4321,7305 - due Friday 7 November 2008, 6:00PM
- homework #7 (PDF format) - due Friday 14 November 2008, 6:00PM
- homework #8 (PDF format) - due Friday 21 November 2008, 6:00PM
- homework #9 (PDF format) - due Friday 5 December 2008, 6:00PM
- homework #10 (PDF format) - due
- homework #11 (PDF format) - due
Grade Summary - All the individual grades arranged by four-digit code number
University Holidays:
Syllabus
Disability Accommodations, Religious and Excused Absences
Official University Calendar
Links:
- Mandelbrot and Julia Sets in JAVA
- Mandelbrot Set Explorer
- Robust Op Amp Realization of Chua's Circuit by Michael Peter Kennedy
- The Chaos Game (Triangle) Mathematica notebook
- The Chaos Game (Square) Mathematica notebook
- Hennon Map Mathematica notebook

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