Methods of Mathematical Physics I

IUCAA-NCRA Graduate School 2021

Instructor: Dipankar Bhattacharya

The class meets on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 10 am
during October 25 - December 17, 2021 (except holidays)

Assignment 1: issue 01 Nov, due 08 Nov 2021
Assignment 2: issue 29 Nov, due 06 Dec 2021

Mid-term evaluation: 17 November 2021
Final evaluation: 17 December 2021

Primary course content: Linear Differential Equations, Sturm-Liouville theory, Orthogonal functions, Fourier Transform, Green’s function, Approximation methods (series expansion, successive approximation, Born approximation, WKB), Statistical estimation and inference

Main Reference texts:

  1. Mathematical Methods for Physicists - G.B. Arfken, H.J. Weber & F.E. Harris, Academic Press (Elsevier) 2012
  2. Mathematical Methods of Physics - J. Mathews & R.L. Walker, Addison-Wesley (1970)
  3. The Fourier Transform and its Applications - R.N. Bracewell, McGraw-Hill (2000)
  4. Data Analysis: A Bayesian Tutorial - D.S. Sivia and J. Skilling, Oxford University Press (2006)

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