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  * '''Homework 1''', ~-due Apr 12-~: <<la("H01-Thermo.pdf", "Bands")>>   * <<la("E01.pdf", "Exam")>> and <<la("E01-Sols.pdf", "its solutions")>>.

   . [[Exam scores+|More information about the exam (score distribution and rubrics used)]].

== Homework ==

  * '''Homework 6''', ~-due June 15-~: <<la("H06-LG-MC-RG.pdf", "Landau theory, Monte Carlo, renormalization group")>>
  {{{#!wiki comment
  * <<color(Code:)>> <<la("MC.py", "python program for Monte Carlo")>>
  * <<color(Changes:)>> MC.py: docstring for the "measure" method is improved, and tabs are replaced by four spaces. &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2012-06-05T20:19:46-0700)>>''-~
  }}}
 
  * '''Homework 5''', ~-due May 31-~: <<la("H05-Fermions-Bosons.pdf", "Fermions and bosons")>> (''<<la("H05-Fermions-Bosons-w-Sols.pdf", "with solutions")>>'')
  {{{#!wiki comment
  * <<color(Corrections:)>> solutions, problem 2(a): unit of $k_D$ had a typo! corrected (red). &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2012-06-08T13:05:10-0700)>>''-~
  * <<color(Corrections:)>> solutions, page 3: $T_Q$ values (red); pages 7,8: $m$ (red). &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2012-06-08T03:24:28-0700)>>''-~
  }}}

  * '''Homework 4''', ~-due May 18-~: <<la("H04-Interactions-and-QSM.pdf", "Interactions, quantum statistical mechanics")>> (''<<la("H04-Interactions-and-QSM-w-Sols.pdf", "with solutions")>>'')

  {{{#!wiki comment
  * <<color(Change:)>> 2f: two small but important changes in the text. &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2012-05-18T11:49:53-0700)>>''-~
  * <<color(Change:)>> one &epsilon; removed from 1b. (Thanks, AC and AB!) &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2012-05-16T18:01:58-0700)>>''-~
  * <<color(Change:)>> due date += 2 days. &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2012-05-10T15:50:27-0700)>>''-~
  * <<color(Additions:)>> some clarifications for problem 1 in page 1 (red). (Thanks, CH!) &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2012-05-09T19:51:14-0700)>>''-~
  * <<color(Change:)>> minor wording changes in page 1 (red). &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2012-05-09T15:12:07-0700)>>''-~
  }}}

  * '''Homework 3''', ~-due May 9-~: <<la("H03-Kinetic-SCSM.pdf", "Kinetic theory, semi-classical statistical mechanics")>> (''<<la("H03-Kinetic-SCSM-w-Sols.pdf", "with solutions")>>'')
  {{{#!wiki comment
  * <<color(Addition:)>> solutions, page 9, "the direction of" (red). &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2012-05-12T16:58:35-0700)>>''-~
  * <<color(Change:)>> due date++. &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2012-05-07T10:06:37-0700)>>''-~
  * <<color(Addition:)>> page 2 (red), 1(f), clarification of the Debye frequency. &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2012-05-06T15:30:10-0700)>>''-~
  }}}

  * '''Homework 2''', ~-due Apr 24-~: <<la("H02-Probability.pdf", "Probability")>> (''<<la("H02-Probability-w-Sols.pdf", "with solutions")>>'')
  {{{#!wiki comment
  * Score stats: 94 &pm; 12 out of 120.
  * <<color(Addition:)>> Some comments added to the solution for 3(a) (page 6). &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2012-05-09T10:05:38-0700)>>''-~
  * I recommend your reading my solutions, even if you did very well. In particular, solutions to problems 7 and 3 are physics-rich. Solution to problem 2 is worth reading, too, I think. I am happy to see that everybody is very good with the evaporative deposition (problem 6) and the cumulant expansion (problem 4)!
  }}}

  * '''Homework 1''', ~-due Apr 12-~: <<la("H01-Thermo.pdf", "Thermodynamics")>> (''<<la("H01-Thermo-w-Sols.pdf", "with solutions")>>'')
  {{{#!wiki comment
  * Score stats: 75 &pm; 11 out of 90.
  * <<la("H01-addendum.pdf", "Photos of the textbook problems")>>
  }}}

Exam

Homework

  • Homework 6, due June 15: Landau theory, Monte Carlo, renormalization group

    • Code: python program for Monte Carlo

    • Changes: MC.py: docstring for the "measure" method is improved, and tabs are replaced by four spaces. – 8:19PM, Jun 05, 2012

  • Homework 5, due May 31: Fermions and bosons (with solutions)

    • Corrections: solutions, problem 2(a): unit of $k_D$ had a typo! corrected (red). – 1:05PM, Jun 08, 2012

    • Corrections: solutions, page 3: $T_Q$ values (red); pages 7,8: $m$ (red). – 3:24AM, Jun 08, 2012

  • Homework 4, due May 18: Interactions, quantum statistical mechanics (with solutions)

    • Change: 2f: two small but important changes in the text. – 11:49AM, May 18, 2012

    • Change: one ε removed from 1b. (Thanks, AC and AB!) – 6:01PM, May 16, 2012

    • Change: due date += 2 days. – 3:50PM, May 10, 2012

    • Additions: some clarifications for problem 1 in page 1 (red). (Thanks, CH!) – 7:51PM, May 09, 2012

    • Change: minor wording changes in page 1 (red). – 3:12PM, May 09, 2012

  • Homework 3, due May 9: Kinetic theory, semi-classical statistical mechanics (with solutions)

    • Addition: solutions, page 9, "the direction of" (red). – 4:58PM, May 12, 2012

    • Change: due date++. – 10:06AM, May 07, 2012

    • Addition: page 2 (red), 1(f), clarification of the Debye frequency. – 3:30PM, May 06, 2012

  • Homework 2, due Apr 24: Probability (with solutions)

    • Score stats: 94 ± 12 out of 120.

    • Addition: Some comments added to the solution for 3(a) (page 6). – 10:05AM, May 09, 2012

    • I recommend your reading my solutions, even if you did very well. In particular, solutions to problems 7 and 3 are physics-rich. Solution to problem 2 is worth reading, too, I think. I am happy to see that everybody is very good with the evaporative deposition (problem 6) and the cumulant expansion (problem 4)!

  • Homework 1, due Apr 12: Thermodynamics (with solutions)

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