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This document provides information about the PH 407 Mathematical Physics 1 course for Autumn 2024 including instructor details, class timings, course content, reference materials, instructions, grading policy, exam dates, and suggested reading and assignment schedules.

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Course Info - PH 407, Autumn 2024

This document provides information about the PH 407 Mathematical Physics 1 course for Autumn 2024 including instructor details, class timings, course content, reference materials, instructions, grading policy, exam dates, and suggested reading and assignment schedules.

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Course Info: PH 407, Mathematical Physics 1, Autumn 2024

Instructor: Siddhartha Santra, santra@iitb.ac.in Phone: 022-2576 7562


Location: ESE CL-113 (Wed, Fri) and ESE CL 113 (On Thursday afternoons)
Class Timings: Wed, Fri 11.05AM-12.30PM and Thu 2-3.25 PM (Tutorial)
Office hours: Thursday 10-11 AM or by Appointment.

Course content:
1. Linear Vector space - Scalar product, Metric spaces, Linear operator, Matrix
algebra, Eigenvalues and Eigenvector, , Infinite dimensional vector spaces,
Introduction to tensors.

2. Theory of analytical functions : Complex analysis - Complex numbers,


Cauchy-Riemann condition, Analytic function, Taylor and Laurent series,
Classification of singularities, Series, Calculus of residue, Various contour
integration, Conformal mapping , Riemann surface, Branch cut integrals,
Analytic continuation, Integral approximation.
Primary Reference Material: Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Arfken and
Weber, 7th ed., Chapters 5, 6, 11.

Secondary Reference Material:


1. V. Balakrishnan, Mathematical Physics, Ane Books 2017
2. Selected topics in mathematical physics, V. Balakrishnan, https://nptel.ac.in/
courses/115106086

Reference for Tensors:


1. Sean Carrol’s book (https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/grnotes/) for those
with an interest in learning tensors for applications towards relativity.
2. Prof. V. Rentala’s online lectures (https://youtube.com/playlist?
list=PLJeM1jvA1WDMjtcYPluGj5QfOkzN5XA91&si=gevOTI0G_JDmhyok),
Lecture 9 onwards.
3. Nakahara - “Geometry, Topology and Physics” - for the mathematically inclined.
General instructions:
1. Assignments: There will be assignments every week for your own
understanding. While these carry no grades they will be crucial towards
solving quiz and exam problems.
2. Academic Honesty: You are encouraged to discuss the assignment problems
but forbidden from plagiarising work of any colleague. Academic dishonesty is
a serious matter and will be addressed with commensurate measures. Please
familiarise yourself with IITB’s plagiarism policy here https://www.iitb.ac.in/
newacadhome/academicMalpractices.jsp
3. Grading: There will be two quizzes each carrying 10 points. The midsems will
account for 30 points and the end sem exam will carry 50 points. The
minimum score to pass the course is 40 points. There will be relative grading
in this course. The dates for the quizzes and exams are as follows:

Quiz 1: Thursday, 2-3.30 PM, ESE CL-113, August 29, 2024.


Quiz 2: Thursday, 2-3.30 PM, ESE LC 109, October 24, 2024.

Mid-sem Exam: September 14 - Sep 22, 2024.

End-sem Exam: November 11 - November 23, 2024.

Suggested reading schedule (will be updated as we proceed):


Week 1 (July 29 - Aug 4, 2024): Arfken and Weber, Chapter 5, Section 5.1
Week 2 (Aug 5 - Aug 11, 2024): Arfken and Weber, Chapter 5, Section 5.2
Week 3 (Aug 12 - Aug 18, 2024): Arfken and Weber, Chapter 5, Section 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7,
5.8
Week 4 (Aug 19 - Aug 25, 2024): Arfken and Weber, Chapter 6. All of it - its a short chapter!
Week 5 (Aug 26 - Sep 1, 2024): Arfken and Weber, Chapter 11, Sections 11.1 and 11.2.
Week 6 (Sep 2 - Sep 8, 2024): Arfken and Weber, Chapter 11, Sections 11.1 and 11.2.
Week 7 (Sep 9 - Sep 15, 2024): Arfken and Weber, Chapter 11, Sections 11.1 and 11.2.

Assignment schedule (will be updated as we proceed):


Week 1 (July 29 - Aug 4, 2024): Arfken and Weber, Chapter 5, Exercises 5.1.1 and 5.1.2
Week 2 (Aug 5 - Aug 11, 2024): Arfken and Weber, Chapter 5, Exercises 5.1.8, 5.1.9, 5.1.10,
5.1.11, 5.1.12, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.8.
Week 3 (Aug 12 - Aug 18, 2024): Arfken and Weber, Chapter 5, Examples 5.3.1, 5.3.2 and 5.3.3
(Try to work these out on your own and then consult the book about its approach).
Exercises 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.3, 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.4.3, 5.4.4, 5.5.4, 5.7.1, 5.7.2
Week 4 (Aug 19- Aug 25, 2024): Arfken and Weber, Chapter 6, Exercise 6.2.12 - 6.2.14,
Exercise 6.4.1-6.4.7
Week 5 (Aug 26 - Sep 1, 2024): Arfken and Weber, Chapter 6, All exercises from 6.5.1-6.5.20
except 6.5.19, 6.5.2, 6.5.7
Week 6 (Sep 2 - Sep 8, 2024): Arfken and Weber, Chapter 11, Exercises 11.2.1-11.2.12
Week 7 (Sep 9 - Sep 15, 2024): Arfken and Weber, Chapter 11, Exercises 11.3.1-11.3.7

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