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PHY 418: Statistical Mechanics I
Prof. S. Teitel stte@pas.rochester.edu ---- Spring 2007

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classes begin

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lecture 1

Postulates of classical thermodynamics, entropy

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lecture 2

equilibrium, Euler relation, Gibbs-Duhem relation

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lecture 3

energy minimum principle, Legendre transforms, Helmholtz free energy

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lecture 4

other thermodynamic potentials, reservoirs, extrema principles, Maxwell's relations

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