Math Methods for Physicists: Course Topics

[cesaruelas]

What topics should a year-long course in mathematical methods for physicists for which the pre reqs are vector calculus, ode's and linear algebra cover?

 

[Jorriss]

What topics should a year-long course in mathematical methods for physicists for which the pre reqs are vector calculus, ode's and linear algebra cover?

There's a TON of topics the course could cover.

Complex analysis, special functions, asymptotic methods, sturm-liouville theory, calculus of variations, just more linear algebra and vector calculus, WKB analysis, integral transforms, green's function techniques, etc.

 

[jedishrfu]

prof Nearings ebook might be good to look as far as course syllabus on mathematical methods for physicists:

http://www.physics.miami.edu/~nearing/mathmethods/

 

[jtbell]

There's a TON of topics the course could cover.

Yep, and what a specific course covers depends a lot on which gaps in students' mathematical background the professor teaching the course thinks needs to be filled at that particular college/university.