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Physics 418: Statistical Mechanics I
Prof. S. Teitel stte@pas.rochester.edu ----- Spring 2004
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lecture 1
basic postulates of classical thermodynamics, entropy, equilibrium
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concavity of entropy, equations of state, Euler & Gibbs-Duhem relations, minimum energy principal
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Legendre transformation
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Free energies, reservoirs, Maxwell relations
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Response functions, thermodynamic stability
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