Physics 129 Page
Mathematical Methods of Physics
Instructor: Frank Porter
Office at Caltech: 348 Lauritsen
Mail Stop: 356-48
Telephone: (626) 395-6777
Fax: (626) 584 9304 or (626) 795-3951
Email: fcp@hep.caltech.edu
Secretary: Janette Beas Phone: (626) 395-6667
6667
jbeas@hep.caltech.edu
TAs: Chan Youn Park splendid@caltech.edu
Office hours: Wednesday 5-7 PM, 422 Downs
Late Policy:
Homework is due by 5 PM on the due date.
If you need an extension, email the TA by the day before the homework is due.
Extensions will be granted quite freely, but you must include:
Why you need the extension, and when you will turn it in.
You can have an extension of up to one week. If you do not get an extension, the policy is
50% credit up to one week late, and zero credit after that. Also, note that
late homework may not be graded in a timely manner.
If you need to make some special arrangements for homework, please contact us,
and we'll work something out.
Physics 129a "Analysis"
Ph 129a Outline, Information about course [PDF]
Notes (updated versions will be posted as appropriate):
- Review of Complex Variables [PDF]
- Integral Equations [PDF]; Solutions to selected problems [PDF]
- Hilbert Spaces [PDF]
- Distributions [PDF]; Solutions to selected problems [PDF]
- Linear Differential Equations [PDF] ; Solutions to selected problems (Please do not look at solution to problem 9 before you turn in problem set 8; or to problem 10 before you turn in problem set 9) [PDF]
- Variational Calculus [PDF]
- (Supplement) Resolvents [PDF]; Solutions to selected problems[PDF]
- (Supplement) Measure Theory [PDF]
- (Supplement) Ideas of Quantum Mechanics (includes discussion of Hilbert spaces and measure theory) [PDF]
- (Supplement) Approximate Methods (emphasis on quantum mechanics) [PDF]
Ph 129a Problem Sets
Note: broken links will be fixed as assignments become ready.
Problem set 1 [PDF]
Problem set 1 solutions [PDF]
Problem set 2 [PDF]
Problem set 2 solutions [PDF]
Problem set 3 [PDF]
Problem set 3 solutions [PDF]
Problem set 4 [PDF]
Problem set 4 solutions [PDF]
Problem set 5 [PDF]
Problem set 5 solutions [PDF]
Problem set 6 [PDF]
Problem set 6 solutions [PDF]
Problem set 7 [PDF]
Problem set 7 solutions [PDF]
Problem set 8 [PDF]
Problem set 8 solutions [PDF]
Problem set 9 [PDF]
Problem set 9 solutions [PDF]
Problem set 10 [PDF]
Problem set 10 solutions [PDF]
Group Theory Notes (reference)
- Group theory basics [PDF]
- Crystallographic point groups [PDF]
- Representation theory [PDF] Solutions to selected problems [PDF]
- The rotation group in quantum mechanics [PDF]
- Lie groups and Lie algebras [PDF]
- The permutation group and Young diagrams [PDF]
Physics 129b "Probability and Statistics"
Ph 129b Information about course [PDF]
Ph 129b Outline[PDF]
Notes (updated versions will be posted in due course):
- Probability [PDF]
- Simulation [PDF]
- Bayes and Neyman [PDF]
- Point Estimation [PDF]
- Interval Estimation [PDF]
- Hypothesis Tests [PDF]
- Density Estimation [PDF]
Ph 129b Problem Sets
Note: broken links will be fixed as assignments become ready.
- Problem set 1 [PDF]
- Problem set 1 solutions [PDF]
- Problem set 2 [PDF]
- Problem set 2 solutions [PDF]
- Problem set 3 [PDF]
- Problem set 3 solutions [PDF]
- Problem set 4 [PDF]
- Problem set 4 solutions [PDF]
- Problem set 5 [PDF]
- Problem set 5 solutions [PDF]
- Problem set 6 [PDF]
- Problem set 6 solutions [PDF]
- Problem set 7 [PDF]
- Problem set 7 solutions [PDF]
- Problem set 8 [PDF]
- Problem set 8 solutions [PDF]
- Problem set 9 [PDF]
- Dataset for problem 37 [TXT]
- Problem set 9 solutions [PDF]
- Problem set 10 [PDF]
- Problem set 10 solutions [PDF]
Useful links
This page last updated on November 30, 2011.
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