Thursday, 27 October 2011
One Class to Rule Them All
We have 10 students left, so the 2 classes have been combined and will meet as one class from 3 - 4 pm starting in week 4. (The 2 - 3 pm class will still meet tomorrow.)
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Solution Set 2 Posted
See the title.
Update (10/29/11): I have posted a version of the solution 2 in which some typos have been corrected and additional comments have been added.
Update (10/29/11): I have posted a version of the solution 2 in which some typos have been corrected and additional comments have been added.
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Solution Sheet 1 Posted
I have posted the solutions for the homework sheet 1.
Update (10/22/11): I have posted a revised version of the solution sheet in which I have made a correction and in which I have added some additional comments on a couple of points.
Update (10/22/11): I have posted a revised version of the solution sheet in which I have made a correction and in which I have added some additional comments on a couple of points.
Sunday, 9 October 2011
Lectures Notes: Pages 1a--39b
I have posted pages 1a-20b and 21a-39b on the course website. I'll estimate that there will be somewhere between 54 and 60 pages in total (so twice that many sides), with around 54 being more likely than around 60.
It will be a while before I post the remaining lecture notes (which I need to finish preparing) and homework sheets.
As I mentioned in an earlier entry, I am following Jim Sethna's book (freely available online) closely. Thus far, I am following it---though with some small differences based on whether I agree with what is written or want to change or add perspective on certain details---except a small unit on "nonequilibrium statistical mechanics" in which I gave an introduction to kinetic theory (this topic isn't covered in Sethna). There are, of course, numerous other topics in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics---it is a huge subject---and some of them show up briefly in other parts of the lecture notes, though in those cases there are discussions (for the notes I have prepared thus far) in Sethna's book.
It will be a while before I post the remaining lecture notes (which I need to finish preparing) and homework sheets.
As I mentioned in an earlier entry, I am following Jim Sethna's book (freely available online) closely. Thus far, I am following it---though with some small differences based on whether I agree with what is written or want to change or add perspective on certain details---except a small unit on "nonequilibrium statistical mechanics" in which I gave an introduction to kinetic theory (this topic isn't covered in Sethna). There are, of course, numerous other topics in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics---it is a huge subject---and some of them show up briefly in other parts of the lecture notes, though in those cases there are discussions (for the notes I have prepared thus far) in Sethna's book.
Saturday, 8 October 2011
Homework Sheets 1-4
I have posted Homework Sheets 1-4 on the course website.
Homework sheet 1 is due Wednesday of Week 2, homework sheet 2 is due Wednesday of Week 3, and so on. There will be 7 homework sheets in total. Homework sheet 5 will cover kinetic theory, and homework sheets 6 and 7 will cover material about phase transitions and related things.
Homework sheet 1 is due Wednesday of Week 2, homework sheet 2 is due Wednesday of Week 3, and so on. There will be 7 homework sheets in total. Homework sheet 5 will cover kinetic theory, and homework sheets 6 and 7 will cover material about phase transitions and related things.
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