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3.00 Credits
Mathematical methods for physics: differential equations; coordinate systems and differential geometry; special functions; linear operators, groups and representation theory; complex analysis; Fourier series and integral transforms. Applications to problems in electromagnetic theory, classical mechanics and quantum mechanics will be presented. Four lectures per week. Prerequisite MA208 and PH201/202. (U) (4,4)
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A study of the classical dynamics of oscillators, gravitational systems, calculus of variations and the lagrangian and hamiltonian formalisms. Three lectures per week. Prerequisites: PH 202 and MA 208 or permission of instructor. (U) (4 credits)
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A study of the theory and applications of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic potentials, kinetic theory, classical and quantum statistical mechanics and ensemble theory to thermodynamic systems. Four lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: PH 202 and MA 107 or permission of instructor. (U-G) (4 credits)
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A study of classical electric and magnetic fields, boundary value problems, dielectric and magnetic materials, Maxwell's equations, radiation and special relativity. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: PH 202 and MA 208 or permission of instructor. (U-G) (3, 3)
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Survey of electronic devices. Measurement of continuously varying quantities in time and frequency domains. Rectifiers, amplifiers, feedback, with emphasis on operational amplifiers and their uses. Three lectures and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: PH 201 or permission of instructor. Fee (U) (4 credits)
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Continuation of PH351. Use of computer-aided design programs. Complex frequency plane, resonance, scaling, and coupled circuits. Laplace transform methods. Fourier Series and Fourier transforms. Two-port network. (U) (3 credits)
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A study of mathematical methods of physics, including boundary-value problems, special functions, linear operators and group theory, with applications to problems in electromagnetic theory, classical and quantum mechanics. Three lectures per week. Prerequisites: PH 331 and MA 334 or permission of instructor. (U-G) (3, 3)
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4.00 Credits
A study of the Schr?dinger and Heisenberg pictures of simple systems including the harmonic oscillator and inverse-r potential, approximation methods and the theory of angular momentum. Four hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: PH 302 and PH 331 or permission of instructor. (U-G) (4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
A study of applications of quantum theory to atoms and molecules, time-dependent theory, second quantization and scattering theory, and relativistic quantum theory. Four lectures per week. Prerequisite: PH 421 or permission of instructor. (U-G) (4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
Tensor analysis in classical field theory, Einstein's field equations, the Schwarzschild solution, linearized field equations, experimental gravitation, cosmological models and gravitational collapse. Prerequisites: PH 322 and PH 332 or permission of instructor. (U-G) (3, 3)
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