KAZI NAZRUL UNIVERSITY(KNU) B.Sc PHYSICS HONOURS 1ST SEMESTER SYLLABUS
KAZI NAZRUL UNIVERSITY, ASANSOL PHYSICS HONOURS SYLLABUS 1ST SEMESTER Core Course-I : MATHEMATICAL METHODS OF PHYSICS –I [Credit: 6, Lecture : 60 hours, Marks : 50] 1. Calculus : Infinite sequences and series; Conditional and Absolute Convergence; Tests for Convergence (proofs not required, only applications), Functions of several real variables – partial differentiation, Taylor's series, multiple integrals (5) 2. Vector Analysis : Definition, Transformation properties, Differentiation and integration of vectors; Line integral, volume integral and surface integral involving vector fields; Gradient, divergence and curl of a vector field; Gauss' divergence theorem, Stokes' theorem, Green's theorem - application to simple problems; Orthogonal curvilinear co-ordinate systems, unit vectors in such systems, illustration by plane, spherical and cylindrical co-ordinate systems only. (15) 3. Determinant and Matrices : Algebra of ma