PHYSICS 32
Mathematical Methods
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: courses 1A, 1B, 1C (or 1AH, 1BH, 1CH), Mathematics 32A, 32B, 33A. Corequisite: Mathematics 33B. Vectors and fields; operators and transformations; matrices, tensors, and differential forms; ordinary differential equations and integral theorems; Fourier transform. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2024 - Class was pretty good! Prof allows you to get some points back on the midterms by doing corrections, which you absolutely need to. The class kind of comes down to the final, and it was difficult. I ended with an 87 which was slightly curved to an A-. Overall, he is very engaging and remembers everyone's names (forcing you to participate by calling names). The homework was difficult but doable, and the midterms were straightforward. I took Chem 113A before this so the math for calculating quantum solutions actually made sense to me, and it was very helpful in understanding our results.
Spring 2024 - Class was pretty good! Prof allows you to get some points back on the midterms by doing corrections, which you absolutely need to. The class kind of comes down to the final, and it was difficult. I ended with an 87 which was slightly curved to an A-. Overall, he is very engaging and remembers everyone's names (forcing you to participate by calling names). The homework was difficult but doable, and the midterms were straightforward. I took Chem 113A before this so the math for calculating quantum solutions actually made sense to me, and it was very helpful in understanding our results.
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Fall 2025 - Professor Samani is by far the best professor I've ever had. The content is quite difficult, but he makes it approachable and interesting. I look forward to this class every day. The homework is tailored well to the tests, and office hours are informative and fun. He has two regular office hours weekly that are always really interesting, and one open office hour per week, which is not strictly physics-focused, but always has very thought-provoking conversations. Overall, you should absolutely take this class with Professor Samani if you can.
Fall 2025 - Professor Samani is by far the best professor I've ever had. The content is quite difficult, but he makes it approachable and interesting. I look forward to this class every day. The homework is tailored well to the tests, and office hours are informative and fun. He has two regular office hours weekly that are always really interesting, and one open office hour per week, which is not strictly physics-focused, but always has very thought-provoking conversations. Overall, you should absolutely take this class with Professor Samani if you can.
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Winter 2023 - Do not take Zocchi. He is incredibly unclear and often goes down rabbit holes trying to prove something for 30 minutes, wasting class time when he could've just written down the proof in his notes. The material for this class is very useful, but take it with a different professor who will teach it better.
Winter 2023 - Do not take Zocchi. He is incredibly unclear and often goes down rabbit holes trying to prove something for 30 minutes, wasting class time when he could've just written down the proof in his notes. The material for this class is very useful, but take it with a different professor who will teach it better.
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