Included in the course are lectures by current researchers in specialized topics such as satellite oceanography and numerical modeling. I Boundary value problems in electrostatics, Green s functions and eigenfunction expansions. Also examined are Maxwell s equations, momentum and energy of the electromagnetic field, radiation, multipole expansions, scattering, special relativity and Lagrangian formulation, radiation from moving charge, radiation reaction. PHY 615 three credits Theoretical Mechanics and Relativity The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation of Newtonian mechanics. Also covered are variational principles, transformation theory, Poisson brackets, Hamilton-Jacobi theory, special relativity and the covariant formulation of particle mechanics.
General relativity is introduced.
Graduate Seminar A seminar devoted to the discussion of topics in modern physics and related subjects. PHY 621 three credits Advanced Mathematical Physics I Mathematical methods in physics. Linear algebra, complex variable theory, eigenfunction expansions and orthogonal functions, the special functions of mathematical physics are studied. PHY 622 three credits Advanced Mathematical Physics II Continuation of PHY 511. Partial differential equations, integral equations, Green s functions, generalized functions, calculus of variations, and group theory are studied.