Physics 6562: Statistical Mechanics Homework and Exams

Jim Sethna

For computer exercises, hints are available in Mathematica and Python. For python, we recommend the Anaconda distribution. Make sure to get the acadamic version. We recommend using the Accelerate package (conda update conda; conda install accelerate).

Exercises

Computer exercise hints and other course materials can be found at https://sethna.lassp.cornell.edu/StatMech/EOPCHintsAndMaterials.html

Exercise Set 1.
Exercise Set 2.
Exercise Set 3.
Exercise Set 4.
Exercise Set 5.
Exercise Set 6.
Exercise Set 7.
Prelim (Will be available Friday March 6 at 11am. Due the following Monday March 9 at 10:10am, in class.)
Exercise Set 8.
Exercise Set 9.
Exercise Set 10.
Exercise Set 11.
Exercise Set 12.
Exercise Set 13.
Final exam (to be posted immediately after the last day of class, May 11. Due May 20, 11:00am).

7.27 'Heisenberg entanglement'
- Mathematica notebook, or download pdf
- Python notebook (download, run 'ipython notebook', then select this file). View notebook directly, or download pdf.
12.36 'Pandemic'
- Mathematica notebook, or download pdf
- Python notebook (download, run 'ipython notebook', then select this file). View notebook directly, or download pdf.

Last modified: April 9, 2020

Jim Sethna, sethna@lassp.cornell.edu.

Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity, now available at Oxford University Press (USA, Europe).