0. OVERVIEW

         I. STURM-LIOUVILLE THEORY

         Sturm-Liouville systems: regular, periodic, and singular
         Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions via phase analysis


        II.  INFINITE DIMENSIONAL VECTOR SPACES   

III. FOURIER THEORY

Fourier series
Dirichelet kernel
Fourier's theorem on a finite domain
Sequences leading to the Dirac delta function
Fourier transform representation
Change of basis in Hilbert space:
Orthonormal wavelet and wavepacket representations

IV. GREEN'S FUNCTION THEORY: INHOMOGENEOUS DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Homogeneous sytems
Adjoint systems
Inhomogeneous systems
The concept of a Green's function
Solution via Green's function
Integral equation of a linear system via its Green's function
Classification of integral equations
The Fredholm alternative
Green's function and the resolvent of the operator of a system
Eigenfunctions and eigenvalues via residue calculus
Branches, branch cuts, and Riemann sheets
Singularity structure of the resolvent of a system:
Poles and branch cuts
Effect of boundary conditions and domain size

V. THEORY OF SOLUTIONS TO PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS

Partial differential equations: hyperbolic, parabolic, and elliptic
The Helmholtz equation and its solutions in the Euclidean plane.
Geometry of the space of solutions
Plane waves vs cylinder waves:
Why, and when to use them
Sommerfeld's integral representation
Hankel, Bessel, and Neumann waves
Change of basis in the space of solutions: partial waves
Displaced cylinder waves
The cylindrical addition theorem
Method of steepest descent and stationary phase
Analytic behaviour of cylinder waves
Interior (cavity) and exterior (scattering) boundary value problems
Spherical waves: symmetric and nonsymmetric 

Cauchy problem and characteristics (time permitting)


Texts: (1) U.H. Gerlach: Linear Mathematics in Infinite Dimensions (Chapter 1,2,3,4,5)
           (2) F.W. Byron  and R.W. Fuller: Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics