Mathematics for Materials Science and Engineers
MIT 3.016

An MIT undergraduate course covering mathematical techniques necessary for understanding of materials science and engineering topics such as energetics, materials structure and symmetry, materials response to applied fields, mechanics and physics of solids and soft materials. The class uses examples from the materials science and engineering core courses to introduce mathematical concepts and materials-related problem solving skills. Topics include linear algebra and orthonormal basis, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, quadratic forms, tensor operations, symmetry operations, calculus of several variables, introduction to complex analysis, ordinary and partial differential equations, theory of distributions, and fourier analysis.

Fall 2006


Instructor
W. Craig Carter
Professor
13-5018,
ccarter_(at)_mit.edu
Office Hours: After Lecture (Lecture weeks only), 13-5018
Teaching Assistant
Ming Tang
Research Assistant
13-5034
mingtang_(at)_mit.edu
Office Hours TBD (Lecture weeks only), 35-415

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Documents: (notebooks are for Mathematica 5, for updates see the Current lecture notes

(New) Collected pdf of all lectures (with index and table of contents) 6.1 MBytes


Lecture Date Lecture Notes Mathematica 5
Lecture Date PDF (for reading onscreen) PDF (one-side print format) PDF (two-sides) Notebook
Sept. 6 Lecture 1 (screen) Lecture 1 (print onesided) Lecture 1 (print twosided) Lecture 1 (notebook)
Sept. 8 Lecture 2 (screen) Lecture 2 (print onesided) Lecture 2 (print twosided) Lecture 2 (notebook)
Sept. 11 Lecture 3 (screen) Lecture 3 (print onesided) Lecture 3 (print twosided) Lecture 3 (notebook)
Sept. 13 Lecture 4 (screen) Lecture 4 (print onesided) Lecture 4 (print twosided) Lecture 4 (notebook)
Sept. 16 Lecture 5 (screen) Lecture 5 (print onesided) Lecture 5 (print twosided) Lecture 5 (notebook)
Sept. 27 Lecture 6 (screen) Lecture 6 (print onesided) Lecture 6 (print twosided) Lecture 6 (notebook)
Sept. 29 Lecture 7 (screen) Lecture 7 (print onesided) Lecture 7 (print twosided) Lecture 7 (notebook)
Oct. 2 Lecture 8 (screen) Lecture 8 (print onesided) Lecture 8 (print twosided) Lecture 8 (notebook)
Oct. 4 Lecture 9 (screen) Lecture 9 (print onesided) Lecture 9 (print twosided) Lecture 9 (notebook)
Oct. 6 Lecture 10 (screen) Lecture 10 (print onesided) Lecture 10 (print twosided) Lecture 10 (notebook)
Oct. 11 Lecture 11 (screen) Lecture 11 (print onesided) Lecture 11 (print twosided) Lecture 11 (notebook)
Oct. 20 Lecture 12 (screen) Lecture 12 (print onesided) Lecture 12 (print twosided) Lecture 12 (notebook)
Oct. 23 Lecture 13 (screen) Lecture 13 (print onesided) Lecture 13 (print twosided) Lecture 13 (notebook)
Oct. 25 Lecture 14 (screen) Lecture 14 (print onesided) Lecture 14 (print twosided) Lecture 14 (notebook)
Oct. 27 Lecture 15 (screen) Lecture 15 (print onesided) Lecture 15 (print twosided) Lecture 15 (notebook)
Oct. 29 Lecture 16 (screen) Lecture 16 (print onesided) Lecture 16 (print twosided) Lecture 16 (notebook)
Nov. 1 Lecture 17 (screen) Lecture 17 (print onesided) Lecture 17 (print twosided) Lecture 17 (notebook)
Nov. 3 Lecture 18 (screen) Lecture 18 (print onesided) Lecture 18 (print twosided) Lecture 18 (notebook)
Nov. 6 Lecture 19 (screen) Lecture 19 (print onesided) Lecture 19 (print twosided) Lecture 19 (notebook)
Nov. 8 Lecture 20 (screen) Lecture 20 (print onesided) Lecture 20 (print twosided) Lecture 20 (notebook)
Nov. 20 Lecture 21 (screen) Lecture 21 (print onesided) Lecture 21 (print twosided) Lecture 21 (notebook)
Nov. 22 Lecture 22 (screen) Lecture 22 (print onesided) Lecture 22 (print twosided) Lecture 22 (notebook)
Nov. 27 Lecture 23 (screen) Lecture 23 (print onesided) Lecture 23 (print twosided) Lecture 23 (notebook)
Nov. 29 Lecture 24 (screen) Lecture 24 (print onesided) Lecture 24 (print twosided) Lecture 24 (notebook)
Dec. 1 Lecture 25 (screen) Lecture 25 (print onesided) Lecture 25 (print twosided) Lecture 25 (notebook)
Dec. 4 Lecture 26 (screen) Lecture 26 (print onesided) Lecture 26 (print twosided) Lecture 26 (notebook)

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The general public is free to use these notes for educational purposes. Complete sets can be made available, please contact ccarter@mit.edu---and please if you copy these notes and distribute them in any way, please attribute properly. If you use these notes, please attribute the author; I would very much appreciate your comments, both positive and negative, about these notes. ---WCC