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Statistical physics, Phys504b/AM531:
- Lecturer: Dr. Mikko Karttunen. Email: mkarttu [at] uwo.ca.
Please include '504b/531' on the subject line.
- Lectures: Wednesdays 11:30-13:30 and Thursdays 12:30-13:30 (at Applied Maths)
- Midterm: Feb. 23 (Thu), 2006
- Final exam: Wednesday Apr. 19, 2006 at 2:00 pm NOTE: the date has changed!
- Material: L.E. Reichl: A modern course in statistical physics (recommmended) or lecture notes.
- Weekly assignments: The first one will appear here on Thu. Jan. 12. The assignments are due
on the following Thursday. All the answers must be handwritten (i.e. no printed answer sets).
The assignments will be returned the following Thursday after the deadline.
- Assessment: Weekly problem sets + midterm + final (details in class).
- Academic integrity: Working together is encouraged. Copying, plagiarism and cheating of
any kind is absolutely forbidden.
NOTE:
- No lectures during the reading week. Marked assignments will be returned when the lectures resume on Mar. 8.
- No lecture on Thursday Mar. 9 due to Graduate Talks.
On-line material & problem sets for winter/spring 2006
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Note: Local (Western) access only
- Problem set 1. Due on Thu. Jan. 19, 2006.
- Problem set 2. Due on Thu. Jan. 26, 2006.
- Problem set 3. Due on Fri. Feb. 3, 2006.
- Problem set 4. Due on Fri. Feb. 10, 2006.
- Problem set 5. Due on Fri. Feb. 17, 2006.
- Problem set 6. Due on Fri. Feb. 24, 2006.
- Problem set 7. Due on Fri. Mar. 10, 2006.
- Problem set 8. Due on Fri. Mar. 17, 2006.
- Problem set 9. Due on Fri. Mar. 31, 2006.
- Problem set 10. Due on Mon. Apr. 10, 2006.
- Course outline.
- Phase transitions 1 (lecture on Feb. 1)
- Phase transitions 2 (lecture on Feb. 2)
- Phase transitions 3 (lecture on Feb. 8)
Lectures:
- Lectures Jan. 11-12: Lecture notes or Reichl pp. 9-16
- Lectures Jan. 18-19: Lecture notes or Reichl pp. 16-50
- Lectures Jan. 25-26: Lecture notes
- Lectures Feb. 2-3: Lecture notes or Reichl pp. 96-167
- Lectures Feb. 8-9: Lecture notes or Reichl pp. 173-199, 207-214
- Lectures Feb. 15-16: Lecture notes or Reichl pp. 285-310