2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

PHYC 270 Mathematical Physics I

A study of the application of mathematical techniques to the formulation and solution of physical problems, particularly those which occur in classical mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetic theory, and quantum mechanics. Topics include vector algebra and identities, complex algebra, matrix operations in linear algebra, eigenvalue and eigenvector problems, series expansions and transforms, statistics, and probabilities.

Prerequisite: MATH 166 with a minimum grade of C-

Credits

3