PHYS 6350 - Mathematical Physics I

Basic information

• syllabus
• course calendar
• UTRGV policies
• UTRGV academic calendar

Course material

• “Mathematical Methods” by Mathews and Walker
• “Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences” by Boas
• “Schaum’s Outline Complex Analysis” by Spiegel et al.
• mathematical appendices from Benacquista & Romano
• singular value decomposition (Sec 2.6, “Numerical Recipes in C”)
• notes from undergrad Math Methods II
• notes on boundary value problems
• notes on statistical inference
• summer school lecture on statistical inference
• “Mathematical methods for physicists” by Afken, Weber, and Harris

Suggested problems

• Boas, undergrad Math Methods I
• Boas, undergrad Math Methods II
• also, exercises in the notes listed above

Solutions to problems in appendices of Benacquista & Romano

• appendix A
• appendix B
• appendix C
• appendix D
• appendix E

Extra resources

• simple pendulum animation: python code, animation
• elliptic functions: .ipynb, .pdf