MPH-001
ASSIGNMENT BOOKLET
[Link]. (Physics) Programme
(MSCPH)
MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN PHYSICS
Valid from 1st January, 2026 to 31st December, 2026
School of Sciences
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068
(2026)
Dear Student,
Please read the section on assignments in the Programme Guide for [Link]. (Physics). A
weightage of 30 per cent, as you are aware, has been earmarked for continuous evaluation,
which would consist of one tutor-marked assignment for this course. The assignment is in
this booklet. The total marks for this assignment is 100, of which 40 marks are needed to pass
it.
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Tutor Marked Assignment
MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN PHYSICS
Course Code: MPH-001
Assignment Code: MPH-001/TMA/2026
Max. Marks: 100
Note: Attempt all questions. The marks for each question are indicated against it.
PART A
1. a) Reduce the following PDE into three ODEs:
2 2 2 2
2 2 2 f ( x, y , z ) k f ( x, y , z ) 0 (5)
x y z
b) Derive an integral equation corresponding to the ODE:
y 2y 0
subject to the conditions: y (0) 4; y (0) 2 (5)
c) Use the method of separation of variables to reduce the Laplace’s equation
2 f 0 into three ODEs. (5)
d) Using the generating function for Bessel functions of the first kind and integral
order
x 1
g ( x, t ) exp t
2 t n
Jn (x )t n
Obtain the recurrence relation
n
J n 1( x ) J n 1( x ) 2 J n ( x )
x
Also using the generating function show that
J 0 ( x ) 2J 2 ( x ) 2 J 4 ( x ) 2J 6 ( x ) 2 J 2k ( x ) 1 (10)
2. a) Obtain orthogonality relation for Hermite polynomials using the generating function:
2 tn
e 2 xt t H n ( x ) n! (10)
n 0
b) i) Show that the following vectors
1 0 0
(2)
0 , 1 , 1
0 0 1
are linearly independent.
ii) The first Pauli matrix is
0 1
1
1 0
2 2
calculate U1() exp (i 1 ) 1 i 1
2 1
For real , show that U1 is unitary and has determinant 1. (3)
3
c) Obtain the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrix A:
2 0 1
A0 2 0 (5)
1 0 2
d) Define covariant and cotravariant tensors of rank 2. Prove that ai g ij v j
transform covariantly, where g ij are the components of the matrix tensor of rank 2
and v i the components of a contravariant vector. (5)
PART B
3. a) i) Obtain the analytic function whose real part is
u( x, y ) e x cos y (3)
ii) Locate and name the singularity of the function:
z 2 2z
(2)
z 2 2z 2
cos z
b) Calculate the value of the integral z
dz when C is the circle z 2. (5)
C
c) Show that the Series z n (1 z ) converges for z 1and find its sum. (5)
n 1
ez
d) Obtain the Laurent series expansion of about z = 1. Determine the type
( z 1)2
of singularity and the region of convergence. (5)
z dz
e) Evaluate the value of the contour integral 6 (z 1) z 2 9) where C is a circle
C
defined by z 4. (5)
4. a) Evaluate the integral
2
d
1 p cos
0
by the method of residues when 1 p 1 . (10)
b) Consider a triangle T in the z-plane with vertices at i, 1–i, 1+i. Determine the
triangle T0 into which T is mapped under the transformations
w iz 2 i (5)
c) Obtain the Fourier cosine transformation of the function:
f ( x ) e px , 0 x , p0 (5)
d) Define homomorphisms. When do the homomorphisms become
endomorphism and isomorphism? (5)
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