BE206/EB206 – Special Functions

Dr. Engy ElNayal

Course lecturer :

Eng. Ahmed Saeed Ibrahime Amer

Course assistant :

After passing the course the students should be able to: Demonstrate the domain of validity of solution, Solve D.E. by the method of Frobenius , Apply recurrence relations and the orthogonality property of Legendre Polynomials, calculate recurrence relations and orthogonality property, Construct generating function and recurrence relations, demonstrate Applications for Elliptic Functions, and perform applications for Unit-step Function and Dirac Function

Course objectives :

This course is designed to introduce to the students, of Engineering faculty, the bases of solving differential equations by means of infinite series and master the use of Special functions as Legendre, Hermit, Laguerre and Techebyshev Polynomials ,and Bessel ,Elliptic and Unit-step Functions

Course description :

Mid Term Written Exam 20 Quizzes 25 Assignments 5 Final Written Exam 50

Course assessment :

Calculus and analytic geometry”, Sherman K. Stein and Anthony Barcellos, McGraw-Hill

Recommended text books :

Calculus: A Complete Course”, Robert A. Adams, Addison-Wesley, sixth edition

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