Module Identifier | PH16020 | ||
Module Title | THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL PHYSICS | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Nicholas J Mitchell | ||
Semester | Intended for use in future years | ||
Next year offered | N/A | ||
Next semester offered | N/A | ||
Other staff | Professor Geraint Vaughan, Dr Philip Cadman | ||
Pre-Requisite | Normal Entry to Part 1 Physics | ||
Co-Requisite | Part 1 Core Modules | ||
Mutually Exclusive | PH16010 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 30 lectures | |
Other | Workshop. 10 example classes | ||
Assessment | Semester Exam | 70% | |
Semester Assessment | Course Work: /Example Sheets Coursework Deadlines (by week of semester): Example Sheets 1,2,3,4,7 and 10 (sem 1) Weeks 2,3,4,5,8 & 11 Example Sheets 11,13,15,17,19,21,23,25 and 27 Weeks 2 to 11 (sem 2) | 30% |
(b) Vectors
Scalar and vector quantities. Vector notation and unit vectors. Vector addition scalar and vector products, rates of change of vectors
(c) Complex Numbers
Real and imaginary numbers. Complex numbers and their operations.
Graphical representation of complex numbers: the Argand diagram and polar form. Elementary functions of a complex variable: Euler's formula, trigonometric, hyperbolic and logarithmic functions.
Powers and roots of a complex number - de Moivre's theorem.
Phasors.
(d) Calculus