Undergraduate Course: Mathematics for Physics 4 (PHYS08038)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Physics and Astronomy |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 08 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Undergraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course is designed for pre-honours physics students, to learn the techniques of vector calculus, Fourier series and transforms, and simple partial differential equations to describe basic concepts in physics. The course consists of an equal balance between lectures to present new material, and workshops to develop understanding, familiarity and fluency. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | 11:10 - 12:00 | | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 11:10 - 12:00 | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 11:10 - 12:00 | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 11:10 - 12:00 |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course it is intended that student will be able to
&· Demonstrate understanding and work with vector fields and the basic operations of vector calculus, and apply these to a range of problems from of heat flow, fluid flow, electrostatics, and potential theory.
&· Demonstrate understanding and work with line, surface and volume integrals, and the associated theorems of Green, Stokes and Gauss, and to apply these to physical problems, for example, fluid flow, heat flow and electromagnetism.
&· Demonstrate understanding and work with Fourier series and complex functions, their applications to the solution of ordinary differential equations and elementary physical examples such as standing waves.
&· Demonstrate understanding of the Fourier Transform, inversion formula, convolution and Parseval's theorem. To apply these to a range of physical situations, for example, harmonic oscillators and travelling waves, and understand the link to the uncertainty principle.
&· Demonstrate understanding of the use of linear response functions, their relation to convolution and associated delta and Green's functions, and to apply these to inhomogenous static and dynamical problems (Poisson and sources of waves).
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Assessment Information
20% coursework
80% examination |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Brian Pendleton
Tel: (0131 6)50 5241
Email: b.pendleton@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Linda Grieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 5254
Email: linda.grieve@ed.ac.uk |
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