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Class Detail:
WN 2013 Physics PHYSICS 452 - Methods of Theoretical Physics II Section 001
Credits:	3
Requirements & Distribution:	BS
Advisory Prerequisites:	PHYSICS 351.
BS:	This course counts toward the 60 credits of math/science required for a Bachelor of Science degree.
Repeatability:	May not be repeated for credit.
Primary Instructor:	Adams,Fred C
	(real time availability for all sections)

Applications of matrix theory and vector and tensor analysis; boundary value problems; approximation and variational methods; applications from theory of analytic functions; Fourier series and integrals; eigenvalue problems; spherical harmonics; Bessel functions and other special functions of mathematical physics; and Green's functions. Other topics may include an introduction to integral equations or group theory, with applications to physical problems.

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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)



ISBN: 9780120598762	Mathematical methods for physicists, Author: by George B. Arfken, Hans J. Weber., Publisher: Academic Press 6th ed. 2003
Required

ISBN: 0486661814	Group theory and its application to physical problems, Author: by Morton Hamermesh., Publisher: Dover Publications Unabridged 1989
Optional