PHYS 389. Mathematical Methods. 4 Credits.
Essential mathematical background for 400-level physics courses in classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and quantum mechanics. The emphasis is on the conceptual basis of the following topics and their connections, with an emphasis on physical applications, vector algebra and calculus. Dirac delta function, partial differential equations, linear algebra of function spaces, orthonormal bases, Dirac notation, special functions, standard and general Fourier analysis, matrices, eigenvalue equations, Fourier transforms.
Requisites: Prereq: MATH 281.