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Physics 418: Statistical Mechanics I
Prof. S. Teitel stte@pas.rochester.edu ----- Spring 2004

January

(note: this calendar may be revised as the semester progresses)

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Spring classes start

15

lecture 1

basic postulates of classical thermodynamics, entropy, equilibrium

16 17
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lecture 2

concavity of entropy, equations of state, Euler & Gibbs-Duhem relations, minimum energy principal

21 22

lecture 3

Legendre transformation

23 24
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lecture 4

Free energies, reservoirs, Maxwell relations

28 29

lecture 5

Response functions, thermodynamic stability

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