University of Management and Technology

School of Science and Technology

Department of Physics
Course Code: PH312
Course Title: Mathematical Methods of Physics-II
Program: BS (PHY)
Course Outline (Spring Semester 2019)

Schedule Pre-requisite Mathematical Methods of Physics-I

Course Contact
Coordinator
Course Differential Equations appear in Physics, Frobenius Method (applied to differential equations
important in physics), Special Functions.
Description
Expected At the completion of the course students will be able to make a basic understanding of:
1. Differential Equations appear in Physics
Outcomes 2. Frobenius Method (applied to differential equations important in physics)
3. Special Functions

Text 1. Mathematical methods for physicists, sixth edition,by George B. Arfken,

Hans J. Weber. Elsevier academic press, 2005.
Book
2. Mathematical Physics by Eugene Butkov, Addison-Wesley Publishing
Company, London, 1973.
Reference 1. Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences, 3rd edition by Mary L.
Book: Boas, Kaye Pace, 2006.
2. Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Ninth edition, Erwin Kreyszig, John
Wiley and Sons INC, 2006

Problems will be assigned at All quizzes will be announced well

regular intervals as an before time.
Assignments assignment. Quizzes
No make-ups will be offered for
missed quizzes
A 60-minutes exam will
Mid Term cover all the material covered Final A 120-minutes exam will cover all the
Examination during the first half of the Examination material covered during the semester.
semester.
Attendance Students missing more than 20% of the lectures will receive an “SA” grade in the course
Policy and will not be allowed to take final exam.

Grading Assignment + Quizzes + Term Project and Presentation: 30%

Policy Mid Term Examination: 30%
Final Examination: 40%
 Department of Physics
Mathematical Methods of Physics-II (PH312)

Lecture Plan (Spring 2019)

Week Lecture TOPICS Book

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1. 1 Differential equations involving one and more Arfken
2 independent variables. List of differential
equations appear in physics.
2. 1 Basic form of partial differential equations in Arfken
2 physics, Variable separation Technique
(Separation in Rectangular, Spherical and
cylindrical coordinates)
3. 1 HSOLDE, Singular points, Regular and Arfken
2 irregular singularity points.
4. 1 Frobenius Method or Series solutions Arfken
2
5. 1 Bessel differential equation, Arfken
2
6. 1 Legendre differential equation Arfken
2
7. 1 Hermite differential equation Arfken
2
8. 1 Laguerre differential equation Arfken
2
9. 1 Simple Harmonic Oscillator equation Arfken
2 Chebyshev differential equation
10. 1 Confluent hyper-geometric equation Arfken
2
11. 1 Special functions, Arfken
2 Generating function
12. 1 Recurrence relations of Bessel function of first Arfken
2 kind and of integral order
13. 1 Differential equation of Bessel function of first Arfken
2 kind and of integral order, Series representation
of Bessel function of fist kind and of integral
order
14. 1 Relation between positive and negative integral, Arfken
Integral representation of Bessel function of fist
2 kind and of integral order
15. 1 Gamma Function, Properties of Gamma Arfken
2 Function