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Many of the problem sets have an associated suggested reading.
Huang, Kerson. Statistical Mechanics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Wiley, 1987. ISBN: 9780471815181.
Pathria, R. K. Statistical Mechanics. New York, NY: Pergamon Press, 1972. ISBN: 9780080189949.
Pippard, A. B. Elements of Classical Thermodynamics for Advanced Students of Physics. Cambridge, UK: University Press, 1966.
Ma, Shang-keng. Statistical Mechanics. Translated by M. K. Fung. Philadelphia, PA: World Scientific, 1984. ISBN: 9789971966065 (Singapore), 9789971966072 (Singapore: pbk).
Landau, L. D., and E. M. Lifshitz. Statistical Physics. Part 1. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Pergamon, 1980. ISBN: 0080230385.
Reif, Frederick, ed. Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1965.
Feynman, Richard Phillips. Statistical Mechanics. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1998. ISBN: 9780201360769.
Assignment files.
| Assignments |
Suggested Readings |
| Problem Set 1 (PDF) |
Landau and Lifshitz. Chapter XV.
Huang. Chapter 2. |
| Problem Set 2 (PDF) |
Huang. Chapters 1 and 2. |
| Problem Set 3 (PDF) |
Ma. Part III. |
| Problem Set 4 (PDF) |
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| Problem Set 5 (PDF) |
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| Problem Set 6 (PDF) |
Huang. Chapter 6. |
| Problem Set 7 (PDF) |
Huang. Chapter 7. |
| Problem Set 8 (PDF) |
Landau and Lifshitz. Chapter 7.
Huang. Chapter 10.
Balescu, Radu. Statistical Dynamics: Matter Out of Equilibrium. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company, June 1997, chapter 6. ISBN: 9781860940453. |
| Problem Set 9 (PDF) |
Feynman. Chapter 4.
Ma. Chapter 8. |
| Problem Set 10 (PDF) |
Huang. Chapter 12.
Pathria. Chapter 7.
Penrose, Roger, ed. The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics. Foreword by Martin Gardner. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Books, 1991, chapter 7. ISBN: 9780140145342. |
| Problem Set 11 (PDF) |
Huang. Chapters 11-13.
Ma. Chapters 4 and 16. |
| Problem Set 12 (PDF) |
Huang. Chapters 12 and 13. |