The Assembly of the Department of Physics, at its meeting no. 20th / 10-03-2025, after taking into consideration:

1. The Ministerial Decision no. Φ1/192329/Β3/13.12.2013 (Government Gazette 3185 τ Β ^/13.12.2013) regarding the “Classification Procedure for Tertiary Education Graduates” and its amendment (Government Gazette 1329/Β/2/.7.15)

2. Law 4186/2013 (Government Gazette 193/Α/17.9.13) article 57

3. Law 4485/2017 (Government Gazette 114/Α/4.8.17) article 74 par.3.

4. The Ministerial Decision no. 1/20-9-2019 (topic 2nd) Assembly of the Physics Department concerning the semester of classification Decides ……….

Examinable Courses of the qualifying exams

1. General Physics I

2. General Physics II

3. Differential Calculus I

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The exam syllabus of the courses and the corresponding suggested bibliography are defined as follows:

GENERAL PHYSICS I

Exam syllabus: Introductory concepts, Systems of Units. Dimensional analysis. Vectors. Kinematics. Dynamics. Reference systems. Energy. Momentum. Angular momentum or Torque. Dynamics of Solids. Harmonic Oscillator. Mechanical waves. Fluid Mechanics. Thermodynamics: Temperature & ideal gases – Kinetic theory of gases – Heat. 1st Law of Thermodynamics – Entropy 2nd Law of Thermodynamics.

Suggested bibliography: Halliday David, Resnick Robert, Walker Jearl, Papanikolas Kostas (general editor), Karabarbounis A., Cohen S., Spyrakis P., Tzanetakis P., Styliaris E. (scientific editor), Tzamtzis G. (coordination) (Volume 1), 2012, Gutenberg, ISBN: 978-960-01-1493-5

Young H., Freedman R., 2019 (VOLUME A), PAPAZISI PUBLISHINGS, ISBN: 978-960-02-3535-7

Giancoli, 2011 (VOLUME A), TZIOLA, ISBN: 978-960-418-342-5

David Konstantinos, Mylonas Nikolaos, 2019, TZIOLA, ISBN: 978-960-418-837-6

GENERAL PHYSICS II

Exam syllabus: Electric Charge and Electric Field, Coulomb’s Law, Gauss’s Law, Electric Dynamics. Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Forces, Sources of Magnetic Field, Ampere’s Law, Electromagnetic Induction, Faraday’s Law, Lenz’s Law, Induced Electric Fields. R-L, R-C, R-L-C Circuits, Kirchhoff’s Laws, Alternating Current, Power in AC Circuits. Nature and Propagation of Light, Reflection, Refraction, Polarization, Interference, and Diffraction. Structure of atoms, Molecules, and matter, Properties of nuclei, Radioactivity, Nuclear Reactions, Nuclear Fission and Fusion

Suggested Bibliography

Halliday David, Resnick Robert, Walker Jearl, Papanikolas Kostas (general editor), Karabarbounis A., Cohen S., Spyrakis P., Tzanetakis P., Styliaris E. (scientific editor), Tzamtzis G. (coordination) (2nd volume), 2013, Gutenberg, ISBN: 978-960-01-1594-9

Young H., Freedman R., (2nd volume), 2019, PAPASIS PUBLISHINGS, ISBN: 978-960-02-3536-4

Giancoli, 2011 (volume B), TZIOLA, ISBN: 978-960-418-376-0

DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS I

Exam syllabus

Real functions of one variable. Limits and continuity. Derivatives and differentials. Indefinite, definite, and generalized integrals. Sequences, series, power series, Taylor expansion. Functions of several variables. Partial derivative, total differential, and their applications in Physics. Derivation of complex functions, Leibniz rule. Extreme and critical points, Lagrange multipliers

Suggested Bibliography

George B. Thomas, Jr., Joel Hass, Christopher Heil, Maurice D. Weir, 2018, FORTH-UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF CRETE, ISBN: 978-960-524-515-3

MOYSIADIS CHRONIS, 2016, Kyriakides Bros. AUTHORITIES AE, ISBN: 978-960-602-116-9

TERZIDIS CHARALAMPOS, 2016, Kyriakides Bros. PUBLICATIONS SA, ISBN: 978- 960-602-079-7

Murray R. Spiegel, 1982, ESPI PUBLISHING LTD., ISBN: 978-960-7610-20-1

Applications for participation in the qualifying exams will be accepted from 1 to 15 November 2025. The qualifying exams will be held on 8, 9, and 10 December 2025 in the Electronics laboratory at 11:00 a.m.