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Syllabus of the course: Mathematics for Physics II


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CodeΦ-311
TypeB
ECTS6
Hours4
SemesterSpring
InstructorP. Ditsas
ProgramMonday 11:00-13:00, Room 1
Wednesday 11:00-13:00, Room 1
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Goal of the courseThis course aims to provide 3rd and 4th year student with mathematical tool to handle advanced problems in modern theoretical physics.
Syllabus- Introductory Complex Analysis: Complex numbers. The complex plane.(2 weeks)
- Complex functions: Complex functions. Branch points. Multivalued functions. Continuity and the derivative of complex functions. Cauchy-Riemann conditions.(2.5 weeks)
- Analytic Functions: Analytic functions and applications.(2 weeks)
Cauchy's theorem and integration. Derivatives of analytic functions. Taylor and Laurent series.Classification of singular points. (2.5 weeks)
- Applications of Residues: Calculation of definite integrals. (2.5 weeks)
Calculation of generalized integrals. (2 weeks)
Bibliography

R.Churchill-J.Brown: Μιγαδικέs Συναρτήσειs και Εφαρμογέs (ΠΕΚ)
M.J. Ablowitz, Α.Σ. Φωκάς: Μιγαδικές Μεταβλητές (ΠΕΚ)
I.Bέργαδοs: Μαθηματικέs Μέθοδοι Φυσικήs, Τόμοs I (ΠΕΚ)
T. Needham: Visual Complex Analysis (Clarendon Press, Oxford)
M.R. Spiegel: Μιγαδικές Μεταβλητές. Σειρά Schaum.

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