Lecture notes for PHYS604

Fall 2002

Lecture notes will be posted here as they become available.  These notes are under continual development and changing rapidly.  Please report any errors to jjkelly@physics.umd.edu.

topic links last revision
functions of a complex variable   nb     pdf Sep. 26, 2002
methods of integration   nb     pdf Oct. 10, 2002
asymptotic series   nb     pdf Oct. 10, 2002
generalized functions   nb     pdf Oct. 31, 2002
integral transforms   nb     pdf Nov. 5, 2002
analytic continuation and dispersion relations   nb     pdf Nov. 13, 2002
Sturm-Liouville theory   nb     pdf Nov. 19, 2002 (incomplete draft)
special functions    
boundary-value problems   nb     pdf Dec. 4, 2002

The notebook files, extension nb, can be read using Mathematica version 4.0 or higher.  The university has a site license and the program is available on many computers throughout the physics building and elsewhere on campus.  Students can also obtain an inexpensive student version for home use through the book store.  Alternatively, Wolfram Research provides a free MathReader program which can view notebook files but cannot evaluate code.