Lecture notes for PHYS604

Fall 2003

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. 10, 2003
methods of integration   nb     pdf Oct. 8, 2003
asymptotic series   nb     pdf Oct. 16, 2003
generalized functions   nb     pdf Oct. 30, 2003
integral transforms   nb     pdf Oct. 30, 2003
analytic continuation and dispersion relations   nb     pdf Nov. 20, 2003
Sturm-Liouville theory   nb     pdf Dec. 2, 2003
special functions    
boundary-value problems   nb     pdf Dec. 2, 2003

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.