5.22 Table of study guide



chapter

topics



ch7c.pdf

PDE’s, seperation of variables, Lagrangian method



ch7b.pdf

Position, velocity and acc in different coordinates. Gradient, Curl and Div.



ch7a.pdf

Multivariable calculus. Jacobian. Gravitional field for shell, Pressure and energy of gas



ch6b.pdf

First order ODE’s. Second order Constant coefficients. under,over and critical damping



ch6a.pdf

Second order ODE’s. Variable coefficient. Power series methods. Hermite ODE.



ch5c.pdf

Function spaces. Hermitian operators. Complex Fourier series. Fourier transform. Deep well probem



ch5b.pdf

Linear vector spaces and QM. Probability when making measurements. Commutation. Schrodinger equation. Spin operators \(S_x,S_y,S_z\). Pauli matrices. Time evolution of spin state. Solving mass/spring problem using normal modes.



ch5a.pdf

Linear vector spaces. Linear independence. Gram-Schmidt. Linear operators. Finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors for matrices. Coordinates transformation between orthonormal basis.



ch4.pdf

Matrices and Determinants. 2D rotation matrix. Lorentz transformation. Pauli matrices. Levi-civita. Properties of determinants. Solution to linear equations. Cramer rule. Dimensional analysis.



ch3.pdf

Complex numbers. Taylor series expansion. Solving \(x^n=1\). Integrals. Completing the squares for \(\int _{-\infty }^{\infty } e^{(x+ia)^2}\,dx\). Gaussian integral, N slit intererence. Single slit diffraction.



ch2.pdf

Gaussian and exponential integrals. Evaluating Gaussian integral. Evaluating \(\int _{0}^{\infty } x^n e^{-x}\, dx = n!\). Zeta function. Gamma function. Sterling formula.



ch1.pdf

Taylor series. Convergence test. Taylor series of common functions. Using Taylor series to find equilibrium point for small oscillations. Pendulum.