PHYS-2504: Math Methods in Physics
Description: Applications of mathematical methods to physics. Topics include spatial coordinate systems, linear algebra techniques in coupled motions, series approximations of solutions to physical systems, extremum problems in physics, differential equations in mechanics, integration in two and three spatial dimensions, probability theory in thermal physics.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: PHYS-2306, (MATH-2214 or PHYS-2214H) and (MATH-2224 or PHYS-2204 or PHYS-2204H.)
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 26
Average GPA: 2.96 (B)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 30.88%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 5.00%
| Kriton Papavasiliou | 2023 | 40.1% | 36.8% | 10.8% | 3.3% | 4.6% | 4.5% | 3.07 | 11 |
| Tatsu Takeuchi | 2015 | 35.4% | 24.1% | 20.4% | 2.7% | 9.8% | 7.6% | 2.78 | 5 |
| Michel J Pleimling | 2014 | 27.9% | 40.1% | 16.0% | 4.8% | 2.0% | 9.3% | 2.88 | 2 |
| Zachary E Lewis | 2014 | 50.3% | 14.2% | 15.7% | 5.6% | 10.4% | 3.8% | 2.90 | 4 |
| Leo E Piilonen | 2016 | 29.8% | 29.9% | 23.0% | 8.5% | 4.6% | 4.4% | 2.71 | 2 |
| Ian Shoemaker | 2024 | 90.1% | 7.0% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.83 | 1 |
| Tetsuro Mizutani | 2010 | 14.3% | 71.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 14.3% | 0.0% | 2.71 | 1 |