Mathematical methods 701


 
Module code PHY 701
Qualification Postgraduate
Faculty Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Module content

The purpose of this course is twofold:  (1) To refresh and systematize your knowledge of mathematics (sequences, series, vector calculus, functions of many variables etc.);  (2) To give you working knowledge of mathematical methods that were not (or not sufficiently) covered in the underground courses, such as Fourier series and transforms;  Ordinary and partial differential equations;  Abstract vector spaces;  Operators and their eigenvectors;  Complex analysis;  Calculus of variations;  Integral equations;  Group theory;  Probability and statistics;  Numerical methods.

Module credits 15.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 6 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Physics
Period of presentation Semester 1

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