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Virginia Tech

PHYS-5714: Methods of Theoretical Physics

Description: Selected topics in mathematical physics. Review of analytic function theory. Matrices, spectral theory of operators in Hilbert Space with applications to quantum mechanics. Solution of partial differential equations of mathematical physics, boundary-value problems, and special functions. Distribution theory and Greens functions. Consent required.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 24

Average GPA: 3.37 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 35.28%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.18%

Djordje Minic201040.3%50.8%5.9%0.0%3.0%0.0%3.233
Kyungwha Park201725.3%57.7%15.9%0.0%0.0%1.1%3.104
Tetsuro Mizutani200641.7%58.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.341
Royce K P Zia200453.8%15.4%30.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.231
Eric R Sharpe201956.2%38.5%5.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.447
Cihan N Kaplan202239.5%40.0%14.6%5.9%0.0%0.0%3.113
Tianci Zhou202336.9%63.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.381
Rahul V Kulkarni2010100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.881
Uwe C Tauber201783.3%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.631
Rana Ashkar2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001
William Mather2014100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001

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