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    Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
    EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

    Courses and Certificate Fees

    Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
    yesIIT Kanpur

    The Syllabus

    • Errors, precision and accuracy
    • Probability and distributions
    • Gaussian distribution and integrals
    • Gaussian distribution, integrals, averages
    • Practice problems 1

    • Vectors and Vector Spaces
    • Linear Independence
    • Scalar and vector fields
    • Gradient, divergence and curl
    • Practice problems 2

    • Line integrals, Potential Theory
    • Surface and Volume Integrals
    • Matrices
    • Linear Systems, Cramer's Rule
    • Practice Problems 3

    • Rank and Inverse of a Matrix
    • Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
    • Special matrices
    • Spectral decomposition and Normal modes
    • Practice Problems 4

    • Differential equations, Order
    • Exact and Inexact differentials
    • Integrating Factors
    • System of 1st order ODEs, matrix methods
    • Practice Problems 5

    • Types of 2nd order ODEs, nature of solutions
    • Homogeneous 2nd order ODEs
    • Homogeneous and nonhomogeneous equations
    • Nonhomogeneous equations – Variation of parameters
    • Practice Problems 6

    • Power series method for solving Legendre DE
    • Properties of Legendre Polynomials
    • Associated Legendre Polynomials, Spherical Harmonics
    • Hermite Polynomials, Solution of Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
    • Practice Problems 7

    • Conditions for power series solution
    • Frobenius Method, Bessel Functions
    • Properties of Bessel Functions, circular boundary problems
    • Leguerre Polynomials, solution to radial part of H-atom
    • Practice Problems 8

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