Tentative Class Schedule
Physics 8660 Fall 2008
 
SYLLABUS
 
This is a tentative schedule of topics, we may fall behind or we may get ahead of the topics listed here.
Month
 
   

 

Lecture Suggested Reading/Additional Material Homework
August 25
 
Mo

 

     
26
 
Tue

1

Welcome,
The Partial Differential Equations of Mathematical Physics

Chapters 1.1-1.7

 
27
 
Wed

 

     
28
 
Th

2

The Partial Differential Equations of Mathematical Physics

Chapters 1.7-2.2

 
29
 
Fr

 

     
30 Sa

 

     
31 Sun

 

     
September 1
 
Mo

No class - Labor Day

2
Tue

3

Separation of Variables and Ordinary Differential Equations

Chapters 1.9-2.6

 
3
Wed

 

     
4
Th

4

Separation of Variables and Ordinary Differential Equations Chapters 2.6

Supplementary material:
Bessel_Legendre.nb

Homework1

5
Fr

 

     
6 Sa

 

     
7 Sun

 

     
8
 
Mo

 

     
9
 
Tue

5

Separation of Variables and Ordinary Differential Equations

Chapters 2.7-2.8
 

Supplementary material:
Wyld_chap2.nb

Wyld_chap2_Example_09102008.nb

 
10
 
Wed

 

     
11
 
Th

6

Separation of Variables and Ordinary Differential Equations Chapters 2.8-2.10

Mathematica ressources:
http://metric2.ma.ic.ac.uk/mathematica/

 
12
 
Fr

 

     
13 Sa

 

     
14 Sun

 

     
15
 
Mo

 

     
16
 
Tue

7

 

Chapters 2.9-2.10

 
17
 
Wed

 

     
18
 
Th

8

Discussion HW 1

Chapters 3.1-3.3

HW1 due,
Homework2

19
 
Fr

 

     
20 Sa

 

     
21 Sun

 

     
22
 
Mo

 

     
23
 
Tue

9

  Chapters 3.1-3.6

Legendre Polynomials
Spherical Harmonics

 
24
 
Wed

 

     
25
 
Th

10

  Chapters 3.6-3.8

Multipole Visualization

 
26
 
Fr

 

     
27 Sa

 

     
28 Sun

 

     
29
 
Mo

 

     
30
 
Tue

11

  Chapters 3.8-3.9   
October 1
 
Wed

 

     
2
Th

12

Discussion HW 2

Chapters 3.9-3.11 

HW1 returned,
HW2 due,
Homework3

3
Fr

 

     
4 Sa

 

     
5 Sun

 

     
6
 
Mo

 

     
7
 
Tue

13

     
8
Wed

 

     
9
Th

14

     
10
Fr

 

     
11 Sa

 

     
12 Sun

 

     
13
 
Mo

 

     
14
 
Tue

15

     
15
Wed

 

     
16
Th

16

Discussion HW 3

Solution HW3, Problem 1)

HW2 returned,
HW3 due,
Homework4

17
Fr

 

     
18 Sa

 

     
19 Sun

 

 

BP2008

 
20
 
Mo

 

   
21
 
Tue

17

   
22
 
Wed

 

   
23
 
Th

18

   
24
 
Fr

 

     
25 Sa

 

     
26 Sun

 

     
27
 
Mo

 

     
28
 
Tue

19

     
29
 
Wed

 

     
30
 
Th

20

Discussion HW 4

 

HW3 returned,
HW4 due,
Homework5

31
Fr

 

     
November 1 Sa

 

     
2 Sun

 

     
3
 
Mo

 

     
4
 
Tue

21

     
5
Wed

 

     
6
Th

22

     
7
Fr

 

     
8 Sa

 

     
9 Sun

 

     
10
 
Mo

 

     
11
 
Tue

23

     
12
Wed

 

     
13
Th

24

Discussion HW 5

 

HW4 returned,
HW5 due,
Homework6

14
 
Fr

 

     
15 Sa

 

     
16 Sun

 

     
17
 
Mo

 

     
18
 
Tue

25

     
19
 
Wed

 

     
20
 
Th

26

     
21
 
Fr

 

     
22 Sa

Thanksgiving Vacation, Nov. 22-30

23 Sun
24
 
Mo
25
 
Tue
26
 
Wed
27
 
Th
28
 
Fr
29 Sa
30 Sun
December 1
 
Mo

 

     
2
 
Tue

27

     
3
Wed

 

  DSM2008  
4
Th

28

Discussion HW 6

 
5
 
Fr

 

   
6 Sa

 

   
7 Sun

 

     
8
 
Mo

 

     
9
 
Tue

29

     
10
 
Wed

 

     
11
 
Th

30

Final Exam

Fall Semester Closes
12
 
Fr

 

     
13 Sa

 

     
14 Sun