A sequence of experiments in solid-state electronics, with introductory lectures. Lagrange's formulation of mechanics, calculus of variations and the Action Principle, Hamilton's formulation of mechanics, rigid body motion, Euler angles, continuum mechanics, introduction to chaotic dynamics. Not offered in 2000-2001. Not offered in 2000-2001. Highlights of complex analysis, differential equations, integral equations, Green's functions, special functions, Fourier and other transforms, approximation methods, group theory and representations, differential geometry and manifolds.
Emphasis is placed on applications to physical problems.
Selected phenomena from atomic physics, nuclear physics, and elementary particle physics are described and then interpreted using quantum mechanical models. Instructor to be announced. Not offered in 2000-2001. The photon theory of light will be developed from basic quantum mechanics. Coherent, dressed, and squeezed states are introduced.