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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2023/2024

Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 60%
Continuous Assessment: 40%

SIF2003 ELECTROMAGNETISM II (3 CREDITS)

Revision on electricity and magnetism in derivative forms. Coordinate systems: cylindrical,
rectangle and spherical coordinates, Divergence theorem and Stokes’ theorem, imaging
method, Gauss theorem in derivative form, divergence and curl of magnetic field, Laplace
equation in 2 and 3 dimensions, boundary conditions and theorem of uniqueness, boundary
conditions for D, E, B and H vectors, Free and bounded charges, Field variation with time,
Maxwell’s equations in differential and integral forms, Solution to Maxwell’s equations in free
space, Maxwell equations in matter, Scalar potential, vector potential and Gauge transformation.
Electromagnetic waves: In free space, polarization, reflection and transmission in medium,
Helmholtz’s equation.
Electromagnetic wave propagation: Poynting theorem and Poynting vector, electromagnetic
wave in conducting and nonconducting medium, frequency dependence of permittivity and
conductivity, dispersion in nonconducting medium, propagation of electromagnetic wave in
between conducting planes, guided rectangular wave and hollow.

Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 60%
Continuous Assessment: 40%

SIF2005 STATISTICAL PHYSICS (3 CREDITS)

Summary of thermodynamics, Statistical thermodynamics, Boltzmann entropy, Shannon
entropy; application canonical ensemble approach with examples in paramagnetic solid, specific
heat capacity, classical and quantum distribution, Maxwell Boltzmann distribution and ideal
classical gas, ideal quantum gas, Bose-Einstein distribution, Fermi-Dirac distribution,
Applications covering photon and blalck body radiation, phonon in solid, grand canoncial
ensemble, Bose-Einstein condensation, electron gas in metal.

Assessment Method:
Final Examination: 60%
Continuous Assessment: 40%

SIF2007 NUMERICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL METHODS (3 CREDITS)

Scientific Computing : Taylor’s Theorem, errors, computer language, simple approximations
Interpolation : Lagrange interpolation, Newton interpolation, piecewise interpolation, least
square approximation
Optimisation : Newton optimisation, Golden Search method
Nonlinear equations: Bisection method, Newton method, Secant method. Application and error
analysis
Initial value problems for ordinary differential equations : Single-step method : Euler, Runge
Kutta Method order 2 and 4, Multistep method; Addams Families

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