Course

Introduction, Operational quantum mechanics – postulates (N&C section 2.2, covering 2.2.1 through 2.2.5)

Energy and momentum of a relativitic particle, particle couples to electromagnetism

Action principle for electromagnetism and point particle, Noether theorem

Four-dimensional space time, Maxwell equations again, Lorentz transformations.

Maxwell equations and electromagnetic wave solutions.

Computing systems available at Perimeter; Introduction to high-performance computing

Numerical methods in Mathematica. (3a) Exercises: Solving a PDE numerically

Stokes' Phenomenon, Summation of Divergent Series