Specific Objectives of course:

The main objective of this course is to provide the students with a range of mathematical methods that are essential to the solution of advanced problems encountered in the fields of applied physics and engineering. In addition this course is intended to prepare the students with mathematical tools and techniques  that  are  required  in  advanced  courses  offered  in  the applied physics and engineering programs.

Course Outline:

 

Fourier Methods:

The Fourier transforms. Fourier analysis of the generalized functions. The Laplace transforms. Hankel transforms for the solution of PDEs and their application to boundary value problems.

Green’s Functions and Transform Methods:

Expansion for Green’s functions. Transform methods. Closed form Green’s functions.

Perturbation   Techniques:

Perturbation   methods   for   algebraic equations. Perturbation methods for differential equations.

Variational Methods:

Euler-Lagrange equations. Integrand involving one, two, three and n variables. Special cases of Euler-Lagrange’s equations. Necessary conditions for existence of an extremum of a functional. Constrained maxima and minima.