PHYS209 MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN PHYSICS I
| Course Code: | 2300209 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 4 (4.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Physics |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. EMİNE AYŞE KARASU |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to provide students with the mathematical tools necessary to solve physical problems expressed in the form of differential equations, with particular emphasis on methods for solving initial and boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations, Fourier series, and the method of separation of variables for basic partial differential equations.
Course Content
Ordinary differential equations; boundary value problems and characteristic function representations; Fourier transforms; partial differential equations and the methods separation of variables.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the semester, students should be able to classify and solve linear homogeneous and nonhomogeneous ordinary differential equations of the first, second, ang higher order, as well as systems of linear differential equations of the first order, partial differential equations of mathematical physics, and to use the Fourier series method in the relevant problems.