Physics 5163-09

Physics 5163, Spring 2009
Statistical Mechanics

Professor Kimball A. Milton

Last updated: May 19, 2009 by Kim Milton E-mail

General Information

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Syllabus

For the syllabus for Physics 5163, click here for pdf.

Math Methods

The web page for Mathematical Methods of Physics, which I taught in Fall 2006, including my lecture notes on such things as Analytic Functions, Contour Integration, Asymptotic Methods, and Green's Functions, can be found here.

Evaluation of course

Please follow this link to evaluate this course and instructor. This evaluation is only available until 11:59pm on May 7. This is the first regular semester that the College of Arts and Science has used online evaluations, so we want to have as high a response rate as possible. Your responses will help make instruction in the Department better. Thank you!

Lecture Notes in PDF format

Here is Chapter 1 of the lecture notes , posted January 21, 2009.

Here is Chapter 2 of the lecture notes , corrected February 4, 2009.

Here is Chapter 3 of the lecture notes , posted January 28, 2009.

Here's the entire Chapter 4 of the lecture notes , posted February 7, 2009.

Here's Chapter 5 of the lecture notes , posted February 18, 2009.

Here's Chapter 6 of the lecture notes , posted February 25, 2009.

Here's Chapter 7 of the lecture notes , posted March 1, 2009.

Here's Chapter 8 of the lecture notes , posted March 19, 2009.

Here's the revised and enlarged Chapter 9 of the lecture notes , posted April 7, 2009. Note that this supercedes the previous version, in that Section 9.5.4 is added.

Here's Chapter 10 of the lecture notes , posted April 10, 2009.

Here's Chapter 11 of the lecture notes , posted April 12, 2009.

Here's Chapter 12 of the lecture notes , posted April 16, 2009.

Here's Chapter 13 of the lecture notes , posted April 17, 2009.

Here's Chapter 14 of the lecture notes , posted April 29, 2009.

Here's Chapter 15 of the lecture notes , posted May 1, 2009.

Here's Chapter 16 of the lecture notes , posted May 4, 2009.

Homework Assignments

First Homework Assignment, due Tuesday, February 3: Problems in Pathria: Chapter 2, 2.1, 2.2. Note that the due date is extended due to the ice storm.

Second Homework Assignment, posted here, is due Tuesday, February 10. (The two problems from Pathria should be postponed to the next assignment.)

Third Homework Assignment, posted here, is due Tuesday, February 24. Please notice change in due date.

Fourth Homework Assignment, posted here, is due Wednesday, March 4.

Fifth Homework Assignment, posted here, is due Monday, April 6. Please notice change in due date.

Sixth Homework Assignment, posted here, is due Monday, April 13.

Seventh Homework Assignment, posted here, is due Monday, April 20.

Eighth Homework Assignment, posted here, is due Monday, May 4. Please notice change in due date.

Ninth Homework Assignment, posted here, is due Monday, May 11.

Solutions (Password Protected)

Solutions to first eight assignments are now posted on Desire 2 Learn. The solution to the final assignment is also posted there. No peeking till you've turned in your assignment.

Examinations

Here is the First Examination. The solution is posted on Desire 2 Learn.

The second examination is here. The solution has been posted on Desire 2 Learn.

The final examination is here. The solution has been posted on Desire 2 Learn.

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