Last modified: July 23, 2011

Physics 2400
Mathematical Methods for the Physical Sciences

Spring Semester 2011

• Course Grades   (full screen link),  (last updated May 10, 2011)

• Final Exam   (full screen link),  last updated May 09, 2011
• Midterms   (full screen link),  last updated May 10, 2011

• Homework Assignments  (full screen link) last updated May 09, 2011

•   Makeup Classes are scheduled for Tuesdays, after regular class time, in P121 Physics Building
• Poll: Scheduling Makeup Classes, step II - poll closed
• Poll: Scheduling Makeup Classes, step I - poll closed

• Syllabus  (full screen link)  (pdf [ 63K]), (Google docs viewer), last updated March 31, 2011
• Academic Calendar  (full screen link)  (pdf [ 38K]), (Google docs viewer), last updated January 16, 2011

• Administrative Information:

  • Department of Physics, University of Connecticut
  • UConn Office of Registrar: Spring 2011 Academic Calendar
  • UConn Faculty & Staff Resource Guide: Exam procedures
  • UConn Faculty & Staff Resource Guide: Religious holidays
  • UConn: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
  • UConn Office of Student Services & Advocacy (aka Dean of Students Office)

• Course textbook:

  • Errata
  • The New York Times, January 14, 2011, Finding Cheaper Textbooks: 2nd Edition
  • Purchasing of international editions of textbooks:
    • Selling International versions of textbooks to US consumers, Google Answers
    • Quality King v. L'anza, decision by the United States Supreme Court, Wikipedia

• Online courses - Mathematical methods of physics:

  • Hung Cheng, MIT 18.305 Advanced Analytic Methods in Science and Engineering
    Two chapters from the course textbook , available on the publisher's website

• Online books - Mathematics:

  • James Nearing, Mathematical Tools for Physics
  • Michael Stone and Paul Goldbart, Mathematics for Physics
  • Herbert Wilf, Mathematics for the Physical Sciences

• Online books - Dimensional analysis and approximation:

  • Sanjoy Mahajan, Street-Fighting Mathematics - The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving
  • Sanjoy Mahajan, Lies and Damn Lies: The Art of Approximation in Science

• Computer Algebra Systems:

  • Maxima by example
  • Wolfram Mathematica online integrator, http://www.integrals.com/
  • UConn's free Mathematica license
  • Making Power Series Expansions with Mathematica
  • Introduction to Differential Equation Solving with Mathematica

• LaTeX resources:

  • The not so short introduction to Latex

• Useful Links:

  • The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
  • History of Physics
  • PhysicsWeb
  • Calculus Resources On-line

• Videos:

  • 7 video lectures by R. Feynman, The Character of Physical Law

    "This is Feynman's unique take on the problems and puzzles that lie at the heart of physical theory - with Newton's Law of Gravitation; on whether time can ever go backwards; on maths as the supreme language of nature. Demonstrates Feynman's knack of finding the right everyday illustration to bring out the essence of a complicated principle - e.g. brilliant analogy between the law of conservation energy and the problem of drying yourself with wet towels."

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Last modified: July 23, 2011