PHY312 Mathematical Methods of Physics I
General Information
| Lecturer: | Prof. Philippe Jetzer - Y36 K82 |
| Assistants: |
Mohammad Alminawi - Y36 J38 Leonardo Bonino - Y36 K74 Weijie Feng - Y36 K74 Lucijana Stanic - Y11 F74 |
Lecture
- Time: Tuesdays and Thursday, 13:00 - 14:45
- Venue: Y03 G95
- Lecture notes:
MMP1.pdf (PDF, 930 KB), updated on 02 October 2024;
MMP2.pdf (PDF, 978 KB), updated on 31 October 2024;Relevant Chapters for This Course:
- 1 Fourierreihen (MMP1)
- 2 Fouriertransformation (MMP1)
- 1 Funktionentheorie (MMP2)
- 4 Variationsrechnung (MMP1)
- 5 Lineare Opertoren, Eigenwertprobleme (MMP1)
- 6 Kugelfunktionen (MMP1)
Exercises
Exercise sheets will be published each Tuesday, starting from 24th of September. The hints will be given in the tutorial on Friday of the same week, and the solutions will be discussed in the tutorial of the week after.
Submission Deadline: 13:00 on Tuesdays, through the OLAT page of the course
Tutorial:
Students are kindly to asked to go to certain lecture rooms according to their surnames.
- Venue: Surnames A-K: Y16 G05; surnames L-Z: Y36 K08
- Time: Friday, 08:00 - 09:45
| Sheet01 (PDF, 143 KB) |
| Sheet03 (PDF, 159 KB) |
| Sheet05 (PDF, 131 KB) |
| Sheet06 (PDF, 47 KB) |
| Sheet07 (PDF, 50 KB) |
| Sheet08 (PDF, 131 KB) |
| Sheet09 (PDF, 142 KB) |
Exam
General Information
Time: 09:00 - 12:00, 10th January, 2025.
Venue: Y03 G85.
Form of Exam: Written; open-book; printed materials allowed; no electronic devices allowed.
Conditions to attend the exam: 60% of the exercises assigned during the course must be delivered and carried out correctly.
It is strongly recommended for the students to go at least once to the blackboard to solve the assigned exercise during the exercise session.
Q&A Session before Exam
We offer a Q&A session before the exam.
Time: 14:00 - 16:00, 8th January, 2025.
Venue: Y36 K08.
Repetition Exam
Time: 09:00 - 12:00, 25th April, 2025.
Venue: Y16 G05.
Bibliography
- R. Courant and D. Hilbert, Methoden der Mathematischen Physik I, Springer-Verlag 1968 (Methods of Mathematical Physics, Interscience 1953 - 3 Bände)
- E. Whittaker and G. Watson, A Course of Modern Analysis, Cambridge University Press 1995
- G.B. Arfken and H.J. Weber, Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Academic Press, Inc. 1995
- E. Stiefel, Methoden der Mathematischen Physik I und II, Verlag der Fachvereine an der ETHZ 1973
- W. Walter, Gewöhnliche Differentialgleichungen (Eine Einführung), Springer-Verlag 1976
- H. Cartan, Elementare Theorien der Analytischen Funktionen einer oder mehreren Komplexen Veränderlichen, BI Hochschultaschenbücher Band 112, 1966
- Serge Lang, Complex Analysis, Springer Verlag 1993
- L.V. Ahlfors, Complex Analysis, 2nd ed. 1966
- J.F. Cornwell, Group theory in physics, Academic Press 1984
- H. Weyl, The classical groups, their invariants and representations, Princeton University Press, 1961