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: Betty Smith Phone: (626) 395
6667
betty@hep.caltech.edu
Office at SLAC: 209 Research Office Building
Phone: (650) 926 3516
Fax: (650) 926 8522
TAs: Chan Youn Park splendid@caltech.edu
Hee-Joong Chung hjchung@caltech.edu
TA phone: 6635
TA office: 413 Downs
Please turn problem sets in to the appropriate mail slot on the fourth floor of Downs,
near the stairwell door.
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.
An easy way to give me feedback: Homework survey system
Physics 129a "Analysis"
Ph 129a Outline, Information about course [PDF]
Notes (updated versions will be posted in due course):
- 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 [PDF]
- Variational Calculus [PDF]
- (Supplement) Resolvents [PDF]
- (Supplement) Measure Theory [PDF]
- (Supplement) Ideas of Quantum Mechanics (includes discussion of Hilbert spaces and measure theory) [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 129c "Probability and Statistics"
Tom Gottschalk statistics web page
This page last updated on November 17, 2009.
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