CP101

MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS I

UNIT I VECTOR CALCULUS Differentiation of vectors: composite vector expressions - differential of a vector. Integration of vectors. Space curves. Vector functions of several arguments. Surfaces. Scalar and vector fields. Vector operators: Gradient of a scalar field - divergence of vector field - curl of a vector field. Vector operator formulae: Vector operators acting on sums and products - combination of gradient, divergence and curl. Cylindrical and spherical polar coordinates. General curvilinear coordinates. UNIT II LINE, SURFACE AND VOLUME INTEGRALS Line integrals: Evaluating line integrals - physical examples of line integrals - line integral with respect to a scalar. Connectivity of regions. Green s theorem in plane. Conservative fields and potentials. Surface integrals: Evaluating surface integrals - vector areas of surfaces - physical examples of surface integrals. Volume integrals: Volumes of three dimensional regions. Integral forms for gradient, divergence and curl. Divergence theorem and related theorems: Greens theorem - other related theorems - physical applications of divergence theorem. Stokes theorem and related theorems: Related integral theorems - physical application of Stokes theorem. UNIT III MATRICES AND LINEAR VECTOR SPACES Vector spaces: Basis vectors - the inner product - some useful inequalities. Linear operators. Functions of matrices. The transpose of a matrix. The complex and hermitian conjugation of a matrix. The trace of a matrix. The determinant of a matrix: Properties of determinants. The inverse of a matrix. The rank of a matrix. Special types of square matrix: diagonal matrices - lower and upper triangular matrices - symmetric and antisymmetric matrices - orthogonal matrices - hermitian and antihermitian matrices - unitarymatrices - normal matrices. Eigenvectors and eigenvalues: Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a normal matrix, hermitian and antihermitian matrices, unitary matrix, general square matrix. Determination of eigenvalues and eigenvectors: Degenerate eigenvalues. Change of basis and similarity transformation. Diagonalization of matrices. UNIT IV FOURIER SERIES AND FOURIER TRANSFORMS Fourier series: The Dirichlet condition. Fourier coefficients. Symmetry considerations. Discontinuous functions. Non-periodic functions. Integration and differentiation. Complex Fourier series. Parsevals theorem. Fourier transforms: The uncertainty principle - Fraunhoffer diffraction the Dirac delta function - the relation of the delta functions to Fourier transforms - properties of Fourier transforms - odd and even functions - convolution and deconvolution - correlation function and energy spectra - Parsevals theorem - Fourier transform in higher dimensions. UNIT V SPECIAL FUNCTIONS Legendre functions: Legendre functions for integer l - properties of Legendre polynomials Rodrigues formula - mutual orthogonality - generating function - recurrence relations. Associate Legendre functions. Spherical harmonics. Bessel functions: Bessel functions for non-integer and integer - properties of Bessel functions J(x). Spherical Bessel functions. Laguerre functions. Associated Laguerre functions. Hermite functions. The gamma and related functions. Riley, K.F., Hobson, M.P. and Bence, S.J., Mathematical methods for Physics and Engineering, First South Asian Edition, Shree Maitrey Printech Pvt. Ltd., Noida, 2010. UNIT - I Chapter 10 UNIT - II Chapter 11 UNIT - III Chapter 8: Sections: 8.1 to 8.2, 8.5 to 8.16 UNITI - IV Chapter 12 Chapter 13: Section: 13.1 UNIT - V Chapter 18: Sections: 18.1 to 18.3, 18.5 to 18.9, 18.12

CP206

MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS II

UNIT I COMPLEX NUMBERS AND HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS Complex numbers: The need for complex numbers. Manipulation of complex numbers: Addition and subtraction - modulus and argument - multiplication - complex conjugate - division. Polar representation of complex numbers: Multiplication and division in polar form. De Moivres theorem: Trigonometric identities - finding the nth roots of unity - solving polynomial equations. Complex logarithms and complex powers. Applications to differentiation and integration. Hyperbolic functions: Definitions - hyperbolic-trigonometric analogies - identities of hyperbolic functions calculus of hyperbolic functions. UNIT II COMPLEX VARIABLES Complex variables: Functions of a complex variable - the Cauchy - Riemann relations power series in a complex variable - some elementary functions - multi valued functions and branch cuts - singularities and zeros of complex functions - complex integrals - Cauchys theorem Cauchys integral formula - Taylor and Laurent series - residue theorem - definite integrals using contour integration. UNIT III TENSOR ANALYSIS Tensors: Tensor notation - change of basis - Cartesian tensors - forst and zero order Cartesian tensors - the algebra of tensors - the quotient law - the tensors ij and ijk - isotropic tensors improper rotations - pseudo tensors - dual tensors. UNIT IV TENSOR APPLICATIONS Applications: Physical applications - integral theorem for tensors - Non Cartesian coordinates - the metric tensor - general co - ordinate transformations and tensors - relative tensors derivatives of basis vectors and Christoffel symbols - covariant differentiation - vector operators in tensor form - absolute derivatives along curves - geodesics. UNIT V GROUP THEORY Groups: Definitions of group - examples of groups - finite groups - non abelian groups permutation groups - mappings between groups - sub groups. Sub dividing a group: Equivalence relations and classes - congruence and cosets - conjugates and classes. Representation theory: Dipole moments of molecules - choosing an appropriate formalism - equivalent representations - the orthogonality theorem for irreducible representations. Characters: The orthogonality property of characters - counting irreducible representation using characters - summations rules for irreducible representation - construction of a character table. Riley, K.F., Hobson, M.P. and Bence, S.J., Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering, First South Asian Edition, Shree Maitrey Printech Pvt. Ltd., Noida, 2010. UNIT - I UNIT - II UNIT - III UNITI - IV UNIT - V Chapter 3 Chapter 24: Sections 24.1 to 24.6, 24.8 to 24.13 Chapter 26: Sections 26.1 to 26.11 Chapter 26: Sections 26.12 to 26.22 Chapter 28 Chapter 29: Sections 29.1 to 29.8