Instructor: Dr. R. J. Pfeiffer

Office: P-134 Science Complex (Physics Department) Telephone: 771-2557,
or 771-2569 (Dept. No.)

Office Hours:  Mon. , 14:00 to 15:20 and Tue., 10:00 to 11:20; other times by
appointment

Text:  Boas, 3rd ed.  Wiley Co., NY

Refs.:  Chisholm J. S. R, & Morris, R. M., Mathematical Methods in Physics, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia
            Cushing, J. T., Applied Analytical Mathermatics for Physical Sciences, Wiley Co., NY
            Hassani,  S., Foundations of Mathematical Physics, Allyn and Bacon, Needham Heights, MA.

COURSE OUTLINE:

Mathematica and Fortran
Chap. 2 Complex numbers and functions
Chap. 3 Matrix algebra and vectors
Chap. 4 Partial Differentiation and Total Derivatives
Chap. 5. Multiple Integrals with functional limits.
Chap. 6. Vector Analysis and Calculus
Chap. 7. Fourier Analysis
Chap. 10. Coordinate Transformation and Tensor Analysis
Chap. 12. Orthogonal Functions
Chap. 13  Boundary Value Problems
Selected topics from Chaps. 9, 11, 14, & 15.

Tests:

There will be 3 tests given during the semester. This includes a final examination that will be held
during the formal final examination period as scheduled by the registrar. Tests will be given on dates
to be deteermined. Students are advised to do all the assigned homework and to keep up with their
studies.

Homework Problems:

There will be many assigned homework problems.
Some of these problems will be graded and included in the computation of one's course grade.

Problems that are to be submitted for grading must be done independently.  That is, no two
submitted should look the same.

Only 8 1/2 by 11-inch paper without serrated edges may be used for all assignments and tests.

Write on only one side of each page and start a new problem on a new page.
All pages for a given problem must be stapled together, but since each problem will be separately filed,
DO NOT staple together the pages of different problems.
Students who fail to comply with the above instructions and insist on bringing about unnecessary
increases in the entropy of the universe by complicating the logistics of homework handling will have
to suffer the consequences of a confrontation with the dark side of the time rate of change of
momentum.

Attendance:

Attendance will not be used as a grading criterion per se, however, attendance will be taken
daily for administrative purposes. Students must have a valid and documented excuse for
missing a scheduled test or they will incur a failure. All other appointments must be made
scheduled at times that do not conflict with scheduled test times.

If a test is missed because of an emergency and the instructor can not be informed prior to
the  time of a scheduled test, a student must arrange for a rescheduled test at the earliest
opportunity and no later than the first day they return to class.

Grading Criteria:

1. Perform well on all tests and achieve passing grades.

2. Complete all assigned problems in a satisfactory manner and on time.

3. Complete all other assignments satisfactorily

4. Instructor's judgement of a student's achievement and mastery of the course subject matter.

5. Students will be expected to write programs as part of some assignments.

Computation of Course Grade:

A student's course grade will depend mainly on the weighted mean of all test and homework
scores. This will be done by adding together all the points correct and dividing this sum by the
sum of the points attempted or assigned. The grand percentage for each student will be
assigned a course letter grade depending on the instructor's analysis of the distribution of the
scores for all students in the course.