PHYSICS 400: statistical and thermal physics, fall 2008
Tim Gfroerer, Davidson College
Assignments
* Read the assigned material before class discussion on the dates indicated.
* Hand in homework at the beginning of class on the dates indicated.
** Refresh for current listing! **
|
Date |
Chapter |
Assignment |
| 8/27 | 1 | Read Sections 1 - 4 |
| 9/1 | 1 | Read Sections 5 - 6 |
| 9/5 | 1 | Homework Set #1: 1.4, 1.11, 1.12, 1.34, 1.38, 1.40 |
| 9/8 | 2 | Read Sections 1 - 4 |
| 9/12 | 1-2 | Homework Set #2: 1.43, 1.46, 1.54, 1.55(a-c only), 2.5(d-g only), 2.11 |
| 9/15 | 2 | Read Sections 5 - 6 |
| 9/19 | 2 | Homework Set #3: 2.17, 2.19, 2.21, 2.23, 2.26, 2.29, 2.42(c-d only) |
| 9/22 | 3 | Read Sections 1 - 3 |
| 9/24 | 3 | Read Sections 4 - 5 |
| 9/29 | 3 | Homework Set #4: 3.4, 3.5, 3.7, 3.13, 3.23, 3.24 |
| 10/3 | Hand in Review #1 (Sections 1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.6, and 3.1-3.3) | |
| 10/6 | 4 | Read Sections 1 - 4 |
| 10/10 | 3-4 | Homework Set #5: 3.32, 3.34 (counts double!), 3.36 (use Omega from problem 3.25), 3.39 (use Omega from problem 2.26 and Stirling's Approx.), 4.6 (part c: get common denominator and cancel - numerator must be 0. part d: use results from part c). |
| 10/15 | 5 | Read Sections 1 - 2 |
| 10/20 | 5 | Read Section 3 |
| 10/22 | 4 | Homework Set #6: 4.12, 4.14, 4.21(a-c only, solving for 1/e is easier in b), 4.35, 4.36 |
| 10/29 | 5 | Homework Set #7: 5.4, 5.9, 5.12, 5.17, 5.20, 5.23 (see eqn. 3.63) |
| 10/29 | Final project consultation | |
| 10/31 | NO CLASS. | |
| 11/5 | 6 | Read Sections 1 - 3 |
| 11/7 | Final project proposal | |
| 11/10 | 5 | Homework Set #8: 5.26, 5.33, 5.36(a-b only, with 1.16d), 5.47, 5.52 |
| 11/12 | 6 | Read Sections 4 - 7 |
| 11/17 | 6 | Homework Set #9: 6.1, 6.5, 6.8, 6.9, 6.21, 6.30(a-d only) |
| 11/19 | 7 | Read Sections 1 - 2 |
| 11/21 | 6 | Homework Set #10: 6.41, 6.42, 6.44, 6.51 |
| 11/24 | Hand in Review #2 by 11:30am (Sections 3.4-3.6, 4.1-4.4, 5.1-5.3, and 6.1-6.7). NO CLASS. | |
| 12/5 | 7 | Homework Set #11: 7.1 (Zint = 223 for O2 at room temp), 7.2, 7.8, 7.10 (a, b, and 2e in part c only), 7.18 |
| 12/8 | Final Project Presentations | |
| 12/10 | Final Project Presentations |