Phys 219-13!
- One notation has been changed. Please update LN 2.
Lecture Notes
Lecture 7, Apr 23: Ensembles
Lecture 6, Apr 18: Semi-classical statistical mechanics
Lecture 5, Apr 16: Some general considerations, Irreversibility
Lecture 4, Apr 11: Big numbers
Lecture 3, Apr 9: Probability
Addition: End of page 11, beginning of page 12: some more words for point (1). – 4:23PM, Apr 10, 2013
Additions: Page 4, figure; Section 3.1.5, last sentence; Page 9, a sentence just above "Lastly, ...". – 12:47PM, Apr 09, 2013
Correction: Eq 3.33: $\langle n^2 \rangle \rightarrow \langle n^2 \rangle_c$. – 9:04AM, Apr 09, 2013
Lecture 2, Apr 4: Entropy and other related topics
Change, Addition: $\mathcal{G} \rightarrow \Phi$. New footnote in page 9. – 7:37AM, Apr 23, 2013
Addition: A sentence just above Eq 2.38. – 1:27PM, Apr 09, 2013
Addition, Correction: Page 5, some old and new lines are bold faced and a new footnote is added. Page 11, Eq 2.29 $V \rightarrow P$. – 9:33AM, Apr 04, 2013
Changes: Slight tweaking of the first two sentences of the next to last paragraph in page 5. – 5:25PM, Apr 03, 2013
Changes: Some sections have been swapped. A new subsection for Euler's chain rule. $P \rightarrow -P$ on page 7. – 9:17AM, Apr 03, 2013
Lecture 1, Apr 2: Thermodynamics – review
Addition: Page 6, footnote. – 7:08AM, Apr 04, 2013
Addition: More explanation added in the proof of page 9. – 8:18AM, Apr 03, 2013
Addition: $n = 1, 2, ...$ for Eq 6.36. – 7:37AM, Apr 23, 2013
Additions: Lots of small (and helpful, I hope!) additions here and there (mostly, footnote 3, a few boxes, and new texts in page 14). Please update with your note with this! – 1:25PM, Apr 18, 2013