Lecture Notes

• Lecture 2, Apr 8: Entropy and thermodynamic potentials

  • More changes: Discussion in Section 2.3 is beefed up a bit; at least, the notation should be clearer now, in connection with Eq. 2.39. Paragraph 3 in page 10 is highly recommended for careful consumption. In Eq. 2.39 and around it, notation change: $T_0, J_0, S_0 \rightarrow T_R, J_R, S_R$.—10:13AM, Apr 09, 2014

  • Changes: Lots of little corrections/improvement/clarifications were added in pages 8 through 17. Please, update! Two most important changes: (i) page 8, Gibbs free energy, the $dG$ expression was jumbled--corrected. (ii) on the same page, $\delta$ is now replaced by $d$.—12:34PM, Apr 08, 2014

• Lecture 1, Apr 1: Themodynamics

  • Addition: Some comments are added after Eq. 1.2. Thanks to P. M., whose question prompted this addition!—11:50AM, Apr 09, 2014