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MATE 4072
MATE 4072 Mathematics for Modern Science
- Time and place
- LW 16:30--17:45 M302
- You may collect your homework on Tuesday May 20, between 14:15 and
16:15 in M-312 (where I will be giving an exam) or in my office
between 17:00 and 19:00.
Topics
- Partial differential equations and boundary-value problems:
Laplace equation, heat equation, Laplace equation in a cylinder, wave
equation and vibrating string, vibrating membrane, integral transform
solutions of pde.
- Functions of a complex variable: Analytic functions, contour
integrals, Laurent series, residue theorem and calculus of
residues. Application: evaluation of definite integrals.
- Probability and statistics: axiomatic setting, probability
theorems, methods of counting, random variables, continuous
distributions, binomial distribution, normal distribution, Poisson
distribution.
Text ``Mathematical methods in the physical sciences'',
third edition, Mary L. Boas, Wiley 2006.
- Policy and dates
- Homework problems
updated 12/05.
- Homework due May 12.
Last modified: Sat May 17 00:26:30 AST 2014