| Instructor: | Christopher B. Crawford, 7-2504, CP281 |
| Office hours: | Tues/Thurs 3-5pm, or by appointment at CP281 or Zoom |
| Class schedule: | Class: T R 11:00-12:15, CP287 |
| Recitation: W 3:00-5:00, usually M 3:00-5:00 pm, CP281 (optional) | |
| CMS: | Announcements and assignments are managed in Canvas. |
| Textbook: | James Nearing, "Mathematical Tools for Physicists" (required) |
| Susan Lea, "Mathematics for Physicists" (recommended) | |
| Mary L. Boas, "Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences" (optional) | |
| Murray R. Spiegel, "Vector Analysis", Schaum's Outline Series (supplement) | |
| Harley Flanders, "Differential Forms with Applications to the Physical Sciences" (supplement) | |
| Resources: | syllabus, student resources, course feedback, |
| HW | Due Date | Problems |
|---|---|---|
| H01 | Wed, 01/22 | pdf, Rev. A (source) |
| H02 | Wed, 01/29 | pdf, Rev. A (source) |
| H03 | Wed, 02/05 | pdf, Rev. A (source, note) |
| H04 | Mon, 02/17 | pdf, Rev. B (source) |
| H05 | Mon, 02/24 | pdf, Rev. A (source) |
| H06 | Mon, 03/03 | pdf, Rev. A (source) |
| H07 | Mon, 03/10 | pdf, Rev. B (source) |
| H08 | bonus | pdf, Rev. A (source) |
| H09 | Wed, 04/02 | pdf, Rev. A (source) |
| H10 | Mon, 04/14 | pdf, Rev. A (source) |
| H11 | Mon, 04/21 | pdf, Rev. A (source) |
| H12 | Mon, 04/28 | pdf, Rev. A (source) |
| H13 | bonus | pdf, Rev. A (source) |
| Date | Reading | Homework | Lecture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/09 | L00 | Introduction (slides). | ||
| 1/11 | FIMS, N1 | H01#1a-k | L01 | Mathematica/Functions . |
| 1/16 | N2.1-7, B1.13, L2.3.2-3 | H01#2a-c | L02 | Taylor Series . |
| 1/18 | N3, B2, L2.1 | H02#1a-f | L03 | Complex Algebra . |
| 1/23 | N6.1-4, B3.4-5, L1.1.2,1.5 | H02#2a-c | L04 | Vectors (notes, video). |
| 1/25 | N7.11,4, EIN | H03#1a,2a | L05 | Inner Product (notes). |
| 1/30 | H03#1b,2b | L06 | Cross Product (notes). | |
| 2/01 | H04#1a,e | L07 | Operators (notes). | |
| 2/06 | H04#2 | L08 | Rotations (notes). | |
| 2/08 | H05#1 | L09 | Stretches (notes). | |
| 2/13 | H05#2 | L10 | Ladder operators . | |
| ... | ||||
| 4/23 | L27 | Review - (notes) | ||
| 5/06 | Tues 10:30am-12:30pm CP287 | EXF | Final Exam (example formula sheet, OneNote) |