Mathematical Physics

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this major, students should be able to 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.