LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – PHYSICS

FOURTH SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2012

PH 4504/4502/6604 – MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS

 

 

 

Date : 03/11/2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

PART-A

 

Answer ALL questions:                                                                                           (10 x 2 = 20 marks)

 

1. If z^* = – z, what can you conclude about ‘z’?
2. What is the geometrical meaning of the curve |z| = r.
3. Show =2πi. Where ‘c’ is a circle of unit radius, with centre at (0, 0)
4. Define the eigenvalue problem for the operator.
5. Show u = x + ct satisfies the equation .
6. What is singular point of a complex function in a region?
7. Write down a homogeneous first order partial differential equation in two variables.
8. Define Fourier sine transform of the function f(x).
9. Write down the backward difference operator for f(x) by ‘h’.
10. Write down Simpson’s 1/3 rd rule for integration.

 

PART – B

 

Answer any FOUR questions:                                                                                 (4 x 7.5 = 30 marks)

 

11. a). Plot the function x + i y for (x,y) varying in the region (0,1).

b). Simplify (1+i)(2+i) and locate it in the complex plane.

12. If ‘c’ is a line segment from -i to +i , evaluate .
13. Discuss the D’Alembert solution of the wave equation.
14. If f(s) is the Fourier transform of f(x), show that F{f(ax)} = (1/a)F(s/a) and

F(s). Here the prime denotes differentiation with respect to ‘x’.

15. Deduce a second order polynomial using Newton interpolation formula for:

(x,y): (0,0),(1,3),(2,9).

PART-C

Answer any FOUR questions:                                                                                 (4 x 12.5 = 50 marks)

 

16. Deduce the Cauchy Riemann conditions in polar coordinates for complex function, to be analytic and

establish that analytic function satisfy Laplace’s equation.

17. a). State and prove Cauchy’s integral formula

b). Verify the Cauchy’s integral theorem for , where c is a circle of radius 1.

18. Discuss the solution of the two dimensional Laplace equation.
19. a). State and prove convolution theorem for the Fourier transforms.

b). Find the Fourier sine transform of .

20. For the following data evaluate by (i) Trapezoidal rule,

(ii) Simpson’s 1/3 rd rule.

 

(x, f(x)): (1, 2.105) (2, 2.808) (3, 3.614) (4, 4.604) (5, 5.857) (6, 7.451) (7, 9.467).

 

 

 

 

 

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