== Exam == * <>. {{{#!wiki comment * <> One correction for prob 2, one clarification for prob 3. Both marked red. – ~-''<>''-~ }}} * Questions in the exam will be like those of the qualifier exams. The contents of lecture note 7 are extremely important, since they are the basic principles without which you will have a hard time doing any problem. They are to statistical mechanics as Newton's laws are to classical mechanics. At the minimum, '''one must know the basic laws that are summarized in the table of page 7 of LN 7 __by heart__''' and then apply them to various problems like those we did in homework and examples in lecture notes. That is, you must know when and how to ''start from the partition function, the Gibbs partition function, or the grand partition function, and derive all properties.'' It is also strongly advised that you go over past qualifier problems (see below). * Past qualifier exams: <>, <>, <>, <>. == Homework == * '''Homework 5''', ~-due June 6-~: <> ~-(<>)-~ {{{#!wiki comment * <> <>, <> – ~-''<>''-~ * <> In case you like to plot things up in Python, here is some information that might be helpful: <>, <>. – ~-''<>''-~ }}} * '''Homework 4''', ~-due May 21-~: <> ~-(<>)-~ {{{#!wiki comment * <> Problem 6 (a): the factor $\frac{1}{2}$ multiplies $\vec a \cdot \vec \sigma$ also. Also, $\sigma \rightarrow \vec \sigma$, right after "where." – ~-''<>''-~ }}} * '''Homework 3''', ~-due May 6-~: <> ~-(<>)-~ {{{#!wiki comment * <> (Solutions) Pages 10,11: addendum (the van der Waals equation). – ~-''<>''-~ * <> (Solutions) $Z$ in page 9 (the power of $\bar V$, corrected). – ~-''<>''-~ }}} * '''Homework 2''', ~-due Apr 23-~: <> ~-(<>)-~ {{{#!wiki comment * <> Problem 7(a): Eq. 5.22 (red). – ~-''<>''-~ * <> Problem 6(c): Phys. Rev. B → Phys. Rev. E. – ~-''<>''-~ }}} * '''Homework 1''', ~-due Apr 12-~: <> ~-(<>)-~ {{{#!wiki comment * <> Problem 4 (red). Also, a sentence added at top (maximum entropy). – ~-''<>''-~ }}}