Mathematical Physics

Intended learning outcomes

Mathematical Physics Major Graduates should demonstrate:

• mastery of a broad spectrum of mathematical methods and ability to use these methods to solve diverse problems in the physical as well as the engineering sciences;
• appreciation of the distinction between mathematics which is a science based on rigorous proofs and physics which is a science based on experimental results;
• ability to move back and forth between abstract mathematical concepts and concrete physical results, transferring ideas from one subject to the other;
• aptitude at modelling physical phenomena in mathematical terms, as well proposing physical realizations of mathematical results;
• ability to communicate abstract mathematical ideas to an audience with a heterogeneous background in the physical and engineering sciences as well as communicating real-life experimental results to mathematicians;
• intuition into applicability of mathematics in the real world and ability to extract a physical significance of mathematical facts;
• facility in successfully joining groups of researchers from diverse backgrounds including mathematicians as well as physicists and engineers.