PHYS 381

Partial and ordinary differential equations. Fourier series/transforms. Legendre polynomials. Laplace transforms. Applications to heat flow and waves. Laplace's equation in 1D, 2D, 3D using Cartesian, polar, and spherical co-ordinates. Special functions including Dirac Delta, Heaviside Theta, Si, Ci, Ei, Erf, Gamma. Note: This course is offered as PHYS 381, MATH 381, and ENGR 257. Students may take only one of these for credit. -- Prerequisite -- MATH 211 and (one of the following: PHYS 221 or MATH 255) and (one of the following: PHYS 112 or any other MATH course 200-level or above). -- Corequisite -- None. -- Pre or Corequisite -- None.