Module Identifier | PH16520 | ||
Module Title | THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL PHYSICS | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Philip Cadman | ||
Semester | Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters) | ||
Other staff | Dr James Whiteway, Dr Nicholas Mitchell, Dr Xing Li | ||
Pre-Requisite | Normal entry requirements for Honours Physics degree | ||
Co-Requisite | Part 1 core modules | ||
Mutually Exclusive | PH16010 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 36 lectures | |
Workshop | 4 Example Classes | ||
Assessment | Course work | Example Sheets 1,2,3,4,7,10,11,12,13,14,17 and 19 Deadlines are given in the Year 1 Example Sheet schedule distributed by the Department | 30% |
Exam | 3 Hours End of semester examination | 70% |
(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.