| Code: | F 208 |
| Department: | Department of Theoretical Physics |
| Course director: | Zsuzsanna Varga |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Semester: | 2nd |
| Hours/week: | 2+1 |
| Prerequisities: | Calculus 1. |
| Type of assessment: | K, G |
Course description:
Vector- and tensor algebra: operations
with vectors, components of vectors, definition of second order tensors,
operations with tensors, diagonalization, tensor surface, tensors of n-th
order. Differentiation of vectors and tensors: scalar and vector fields,
gradient, divergence, curl, directional derivative, nabla symbolics, Laplace
operator. Pseudotensors, dual tensors. Curvilinear co-ordinate systems,
differential operators in curvilinear co-ordinate systems. Integration
of vectors and tensors: theorems of Gauss, Stokes and Green.
Recommended Texts:
Table of Courses |