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| − | Mathematical Physics tentative topics list. This course is aimed at physics majors who wish to deepen their understanding or mathematical methods used in physics. This course is also suitable for Mathematics majors, who can deepen their understanding of applications and proofs of major theorems in Functional Analysis.
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| − | ==Topics List==
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| − | ! Date !! Sections !! Topics !! Prerequisite Skills !! Student Learning Outcomes
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| − | |Week 1
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| − | Complex Analysis Part I
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| − | * Definition and algebraic properties of complex numbers, Riemann Sphere, Holomorphic functions and conformal mappings
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| − | |Week 2
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| − | Complex Analysis Part II
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| − | *Integrals in the Complex Plane, Cauchy's theorem, Calculus of Residues
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| − | |Week 3
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| − | Complex Analysis Part III
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| − | * Harmonic functions and Poisson's formula
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| − | |Week 4
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| − | Tensor Calculus Basics I
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| − | * Using indices in three-dimensional cartesian vector analysis, deriving vector identities using index calculus, divergence, grad and curl in index notation, divergence and Stokes' theorem.
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| − | |Week 5
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| − | Tensor Caluclus Basics II
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| − | * Manifolds and coordinate transformations, vector fields, Riemannian geometry, covariant derivatives and Christoffel symbols
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| − | |Week 6
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| − | Applied Functional Analysis Part I
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| − | * Hilbert spaces and inner products, orthogonality and completeness.
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| − | |Week 7
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| − | Applied Functional Analysis Part II
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| − | * Operators in Hilbert spaces, eigenvalue problem, self-adjointness and spectral properties
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| − | |Week 8
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| − | Applied Functional Analysis Part III
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| − | * Examples of Hilbert spaces in quantum mechanics, standard examples such as potential wells and harmonic oscillator
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| − | |Week 9
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| − | Overview about ordinary differential equations I
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| − | * Systems of nonlinear/linear equations, basic existence and uniqueness theorems
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| − | Overview about ordinary differential equations II
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| − | * Phase-plane, linearization, stability, chaos
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| − | |Week 11
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| − | PDE's of Mathematical Physics
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| − | * Standard examples, qualitative properties, conservation laws
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| − | |Week 12
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| − | Introduction to Lie Groups and Symmetries I
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| − | * Definition of a Lie group and examples, commutators and Lie brackets, Lie algebras
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| − | Introduction to Lie Groups and Symmetries II
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| − | * Exponential maps, applications of Lie groups to differential equations, Noether's theorem
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| − | |Week 14
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| − | KdV equation, completely integrable systems
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| − | * Soliton solutions, infinite hierarchy of conservation laws
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