MP 3124 - Physics IIIc

This course covers the modern concepts of physics and stresses appropriate mathematical techniques. The topics include special theory of relativity, important historical experiments, the classical theory of the electron, the Rutherford atom, the Bohr atom, early ideas on quantization, postulational quantum mechanics from the Schroedinger point of view, and the one electron atom.

Prerequisite(s): Ordinary Differential Equations, MP 2219 - Physics II or MP 2224 - Physics IIc.

3 hours Lecture and Discussion
3 credits