Sonoma State University
Fall 2008		 Physics 325
J.S. Tenn

Course Outline

with references to Nearing, Mathematical Tools for Physics
(subject to change)

  Topic Chapter
1 Brief Review of Calculus
   What dx Actually Means
   The Gamma Function		 1
2 Introduction to Mathematica –
3 Infinite Series 2
4 Complex Numbers 3

First Midterm Exam M 9/29
5 Ordinary Differential Equations (more) 4
6 Fourier Series (more) 5
7 Linear Vector Spaces 6
8 Multivariable Calculus 8

Second Midterm Exam Due 11/24
9 Vector Calculus 9, 13
10 Partial Differential Equations 10
11 Operators and Matrices 7

Final Exam M 12/15

 

Other topics you should be familiar with
Dimensional analysis and Unit systems in mechanics.

Please send comments, additions, corrections, and questions to
joe.tenn@sonoma.edu
JST
2008-11-24