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 27 at 11am. Due the following Monday March 29 at 10:10am, in class.)
Exercise Set 8.
Exercise Set 9.
Exercise Set 10.
Exercise Set 11.
Exercise Set 12.
Exercise Set 13.
Exercise Set 14.
- "Crackling Wires", James P. Sethna, Science 318 (5848), 207-208 (12 October 2007).
- "Crackling Crossover", James P. Sethna, Nature Physics 3, 518-519 (2007).
Takehome final exam (posting and due date TBD).

Exercises from 2020 and earlier

Jim Sethna, sethna@lassp.cornell.edu.

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