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This document contains an assignment for a Methods of Mathematical Physics course. It includes 6 questions regarding: 1) Expressions for velocity and acceleration in spherical polar and cylindrical coordinates. 2) Evaluating integrals related to volumes of geometric shapes. 3) Calculating integrals of products of position vectors. 4) Proving an identity related to the Laplacian operator. 5) Transformations of differentials and delta functions under rotations. 6) Solving a physics problem from a textbook.

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MMP Assignment On Matrices

This document contains an assignment for a Methods of Mathematical Physics course. It includes 6 questions regarding: 1) Expressions for velocity and acceleration in spherical polar and cylindrical coordinates. 2) Evaluating integrals related to volumes of geometric shapes. 3) Calculating integrals of products of position vectors. 4) Proving an identity related to the Laplacian operator. 5) Transformations of differentials and delta functions under rotations. 6) Solving a physics problem from a textbook.

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Methods of Mathematical Physics (PH 301)

Assignment-III Date: November 14, 2023

 
Q .1 Find the expressions of velocity, v = d r  dt, and acceleration,
 
a = d v  dt, in spherical polar and cylindrical coordinates.
   
r t = x t x + y t y + z t z;
           
vr = v · r = ? v θ = v · θ = ? v ϕ = v · ϕ = ? a r = a · r = ? a θ = a · θ = ? a ϕ = a · ϕ = ?
           
vs = v · s = ? v z = v · z = ? v ϕ = v · ϕ = ? a s = a · s = ? a z = a · z = ? a ϕ = a · ϕ = ?

Q .2 Evaluate the following integrals :


 r dσ
a) R = ∫ [for a right - angled triangle of sides [a, b]] a
∫ dσ
b


 r dσ
b R = ∫ [for a hollow hemisphere of radius R]
∫ dσ


 r dτ
c) R = ∫ [for a solid hemisphere of radius R]
∫ dτ


 r dτ
d R = ∫ for a solid cone of with height, radius = h, R
∫ dτ

R
Q .3 Evaluate the following expressions by calculating the integrals explicitly :

x x dΩ x x x dΩ
(a) 〈xi xj 〉 = ∫ i j =? b 〈xi xj xk 〉 = ∫ i j k =?
∫ dΩ ∫ dΩ

x x x x dΩ
(c) 〈xi xj xk xm 〉 = ∫ i j k l =?
∫ dΩ

Q .4 Prove the following identity :

3 xi xj - r2 δij 4 π
∇i ∇j  1  =

- δij δ3 (x)
r r5 3
Q .5 a How does dτ = dxdydz transform under rotation ?

b How does δ3 [r] transform under rotation ?
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c) For curvilinear coordinates, (q1 , q2 , q3 ), we can write


 
δ3 r - r0  = c δ (q1 - c1 ) δ (q2 - c2 ) δ (q3 - c3 ). Find c = ?
      
r0 = x0 x + y0 y + z0 z = c1 q1 + c2 q2 + c3 q3 

d δ[sinx] =? δ[x] + ?
 
e) δ3 r - r0  = c δ (r - r0 ) δ (cosθ - cosθ0 ) δ (ϕ - ϕ0 ); c = ?

Q .6 Griffiths 1.47

Q .7

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