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Phone: (407) 823-6284;   Fax: (407) 823-6253;   MAP  207 MAP 5426 .C001 Special Functions Summer 2003 , 3 credit hours INSTRUCTOR Dr. Ram N. Mohapatra OFFICE MAP 212 OFFICE HOURS MW 10:00 - 11:00 and 16:00-17:00 or by appointment. PHONE (407) 823 - 5080 EMAIL ramm@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu CLASS LOCATION    MAP 406 CLASS TIMES 1700 - 1850 MW TEXTBOOK Special Functions of Mathematics for Engineers by Larry C. Andrews ATTENDANCE POLICY Attending the class is very important to know what is being taught. If you are not able to come, please make arrangemnet to know what was done and what problems were assigned. HOMEWORK You will be assigned problems every Monday (unless it is a test day) and you will submit the problems when they are due. Late submissions will not be accepted. TESTS There will be two mid-term tests and a comprehensive Final Examination. The dates for the tests will be as follows Test 1: Monday, June 2, 2003 Test 2: Wednesday, July 2, 2003 Final: Monday, July 28, 2003 GRADING POLICY The final grade will be based on the homework, the two tests and the Final examination. The distribution of marks will be as follows: Home-work: 20% Tests: 2 x 25% Final: 30% GRADING SCALE Average Grade 90 - 100% A 80 - 86% B 70 - 76% C 60 - 66% D 0 - 58% F IMPORTANT DATES Withdrawal Deadline: May 23, 2003 Memorial day: Monday, May 26 2003 TENTATIVE LIST OF TOPICS The following topics will be covered in the course: 1. Review of Infinite Seies and Products 2. Gamma, Beta and other related functions 3. Legendre Polynomials and related functions 4. Hermite, Laguerre, Jacobi and associated polynomials 5. Bessel Functions 6. Application of Bessel Functions 7. Hypergeometric functions 8. Confluent Hypergeometric functions OTHER INFORMATION This is a useful course and success in this course depends upon to what extent you understand the concepts and see how to apply them. Please read the material before you come to class; so that you can take part in problem solving.