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Course Outline for PHYS 2490; Winter 2012
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- Course
Information: www.physics.umanitoba.ca/~khodr/PHYS2490-W12. All important information pertaining to the
course, including a link to the assigned homework problems and
their solutions, will be posted on that page.
- Professor: Khodr Shamseddine.
- Email: khodr@physics.umanitoba.ca
- Office: 207 Allen Building, phone
474-6207.
- Lecture Time
and Place: TR 8:30-9:45
am in 319 Allen Building.
- Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 2:30-3:30 pm, or by
appointment.
- Synopsis: This course provides an introduction to
the mathematics required for both the Honours
and Majors programs in Physics and Astronomy. Topics include differential
equations, special functions and transform methods.
1. Fourier series, real and complex
forms, Parseval's theorem, Fourier transforms;
2. Ordinary differential equations,
linear first order, homogeneous and inhomogeneous second order equations with
constant coefficients, Laplace transforms;
3. Coordinate transformations,
curvilinear coordinates;
4. Gamma function;
5. Series solutions of differential
equations, Legendre's equation, Bessel's equation;
6. Partial Differential Equations, Laplace's equation, diffusion equation, wave equation.
- Textbook used: Mary L. Boas , Mathematical
Methods in the Physical Sciences, (3rd Ed., 2005).
- Homework Assignments: There will be a weekly
assignment (posted on www.physics.umanitoba.ca/~khodr/PHYS2490-W12/homework.html) in order to help you digest
the material. These assignments will generally be due on Thursdays, and
should be returned to you the following week. Late assignments will not be accepted; so please
hand in what you have by the due date. An honesty declaration (www.physics.umanitoba.ca/~khodr/PHYS2490-W12/scienceindivhd.pdf) should be completed and handed
in with each assignment.
- Midterm Exam: There will be a 75 minute midterm exam,
tentatively scheduled for Thursday, March 1, 2012
during the normal lecture slot. The exam will consist of questions and
problems similar to those found at the end of the chapters. The exam will
be closed book, but you will be permitted to have one eight and a half by
eleven inch sheet of notes to aid you. In addition, there will be a
formula sheet provided. No makeup midterm exam will be given. A fair
assessment will be made for certified absence in a test after the final
examination has been written.
- Final Exam: The final exam will be on all the material
covered during the course. It will be 3 hours in length; the exact date
and time of the exam (in April) will be announced later in class and on www.physics.umanitoba.ca/~khodr/PHYS2490-W12. Once again one sheet of notes
may be used and a formula sheet will be provided.
- Course Grade: Final grades will be determined
as follows:
- Homework Assignments - 30%
- Midterm Exam - 20%
- Final Exam - 50%
- Attendance: Perfect attendance is expected.
- Prerequisite: PHYS 2390.
- Important Notes from
the Dean of Science:
1. The link (http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/science/undergrad/resources/webdisciplinedocuments.html#students) will direct you to resources that
describe Academic Dishonesty and what can be expected if you are in a Faculty
of Science program or taking a course from the Faculty of Science. It is very
important that you understand what constitutes Academic Dishonesty and that you
are familiar with the consequences!
2. It is your
responsibility to insure that you are entitled to be registered in this
course. This means that you have:
- the appropriate prerequisites, as noted in
the calendar description, or have permission from the instructor to waive
these prerequisites;
- not previously taken, or are concurrently
registered in, this course and another that has been identified as
"not to be held with" in the course description.
The registration
system may have allowed you to register in this course, but it is your
responsibility to check. If you are not entitled to be in this course,
you will be withdrawn, or the course may not be used in your degree
program. There will be no fee adjustment. This is not appealable.
Please be sure to read the course description for this and every course in
which you are registered.