2021 Faculty Courses School of Science First-Year Courses
School of Science Basic Course
- Academic unit or major
- First-Year Courses
- Instructor(s)
- Masahide Yamaguchi / Shin-Ichiro Mizumoto / Nobuyuki Kawai / Shinji Toyota / Masakazu Yamazaki / Kazuhiko Maeda / Tomoaki Nishino / Akira Ishikawa / Junichi Nakajima / Shigeru Ida / Keisuke Suzuki /
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Thu (H121)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- XIP.A102
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2021
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
In this omnibus lecture course, students learn what basics are required to understand the cutting-edge researches in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Earth and Planetary Sciences
Course description and aims
The target is to know how the advanced science has been developed
Keywords
Mathematics：prime numbers, zeta functions
Physics：Wave equation, Fourier analysis, electromagnetic wave, matter wave, gravitational wave
Chemistry：Chemist's career path
Earth and Planetary Sciences：exoplanets, habitability, Earth's surface environment, earthquakes
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Mathematics：Lectures
Physics：Lectures
Chemistry：Lecture using PPT slides
Earth and Planetary Sciences：Lecture using PPT slides
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Mathematics：Distribution of prime numbers | Understand the role of prime numbers and the method of studying their distribution. |
| Class 2 | Mathematics：Riemann's zeta function | Understand the Euler product and the analytic continuation of the Riemann zeta function. |
| Class 3 | Mathematics：Various zeta funcitons | Understand the meaning of vairous zeta functions in modern number theory |
| Class 4 | Physics：Wave equation | Explain the relationship between the coupled oscilator and the wave equation. |
| Class 5 | Physics：Properties of wave | Solve the one dimensional wave equation with the fixed boundary condition. |
| Class 6 | Physics：Electromagnetic wave, waves in quantum mechanics | Derive the wave equation from the Maxwell equation. |
| Class 7 | Physics：Waves in comtemporaly physics | Explain the principles of gravitational wave observations. |
| Class 8 | Earth and Planetary Sciences：Co-evolution of solid Earth and surface environment | The Earth's surface environment and biosphere have evolved over 4.6 billion years, being shaken violently by external factors such as volcanic activity and bolide impacts. In this lecture, the latest results of research targeting important geological era, which records the Earth's major changes, will be introduced with the aim to learn how the history of the Earth and life is being deciphered based on scientific evidence. |
| Class 9 | Earth and Planetary Sciences：Diversity and habitability of exoplanets | Exoplanetary systems show large diversity. The origin of the diversity is being discussed, and the formation process of the solar system is being reexamined. On the other hand, it has been found that there are many earth-sized planets in the "habitable zone" where the oceans may exist on the surface of the planets, stimulating discussions on extraterrestrial life have been very active. In this lecture, we overview these topics based on up-to-date knowledge. |
| Class 10 | Earth and Planetary Sciences：Is earthquake prection practical? | Understand seismic and volcanic disasters in Japan |
| Class 11 | Chemistry：Current multidisciplinary chemistry | Understand current chemistry not only for fundamental science but also for chemical and biological nanotechnology. |
| Class 12 | Chemistry：Challenge to drug discovery by chemistry | Understand the importance of basic chemistry research in corporate research. |
| Class 13 | Chemistry：Nanometer-sized Jigsaw puzzle | Understand the importance of basic chemistry. |
| Class 14 | Chemistry：What I learned from research and development at companies | Understand the role and importance of basic chemistry in product development in companies. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Mathematics：None
Physics：None
Chemistry：None
Earth and Planetary Sciences：None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Mathematics：Not required
Physics：Supplementary materials are distributed at OCW-i if needed
Chemistry：Supplementary materials are given at the lecture.
Earth and Planetary Sciences：Supplementary materials are given at the lecture.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Mathematics：Assignments
Physics：Reports
Chemistry：Reports
Earth and Planetary Sciences：Reports
Related courses
- LAS.P101 ： Fundamentals of Mechanics 1
- LAS.P102 ： Fundamentals of Mechanics 2
- LAS.P103 ： Fundamentals of Electromagnetism 1
- LAS.P104 ： Fundamentals of Electromagnetism 2
- LAS.A101 ： Earth and Space Sciences A
- LAS.A102 ： Earth and Space Sciences B
Prerequisites
None.
Other
None.