1/8/07

PCS 3900
Spring Semester 2007


I. General Information

Instructor: M Howard Lee

A. Texts and References

Mathematics for physicists by S M Lea (Thomson)


B. Class Attendance--Full attendance expected as well as punctuality.

C. Homework

A set of exercise problems will be given roughly once a week or ten days
or so. The homework is to be turned in one week later from the date of
receipt. The solutions will be graded A, B and C: A=good, B= acceptable,
C=unacceptable.

It is important to do all the homework and do so timely. Failure to
submit the homework may result in a failing grade for the course.

D. Exams--2 mid semester exams and Final

Exams will be based on the materials presented at the lectures and covered
in the homework.

F. Grades

Provided that all the homework has been submitted, the final grades will
be made up by 1/4 each from the 2 mid semester exams and 2/4 from the
final exam. In borderline cases, the instructor will exercise discretion.
The grades from the homework and classroom participation will be the main
factors.

G. Make-Up Classes

Occasionally the instructor must go out of town to attend conferences, to
give seminars and colloquia at other universities. The missed lectures will
be made up.

No lectures on March 13 and 15, 2007 (Natal Brazil)--This is during the
spring break! There may be others to be announced later.

H. Office Hours

Any time preferably in the afternoon. No appointments needed.


II. Topics to be covered (tentative)

A. Matrices and determinants

B. Theory of a complex variable

C. Transform theories

D. Calculus of variations

E. Bessel functions and other special functions

F. Asymptotic analysis