Statistical Mechanics Assignments

Oberlin College Physics 410

Spring 2024

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last updated 1 March 2024.

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Assignment 1 (due Friday, 9 February): Problems 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.5.

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Assignment 2 (due Friday, 16 February): Problems 2.6, 2.8, 2.9, 2.11, and D.1. (Look at problems 2.4, 2.10, and D.2.)

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Assignment 3 (due Friday, 23 February): Problems 2.12, 2.15, 2.23, 2.24, and 2.27. (Look at problems 2.16 through 2.21.)

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Assignment 4 (due Friday, 1 March): Problems 3.5, 3.16, 3.17.

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Assignment 5 (due Friday, 8 March): Take home exam.

Model Solutions for Exam (PDF)

Assignment 6 (due Friday, 15 March): Problems 3.30, 3.32, 3.34, 3.35, and 3.37.

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SPRING BREAK

Assignment 7 (due Friday, 5 April): Problems 4.3, 4.9, 4.10, and 4.13. (Look at problem 4.12.)

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Assignment 8 (due Friday, 12 April): Problems 4.6, 4.7, 5.6, and 5.7. (Look at problems 4.8 and 4.15.)

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Assignment 9 (due Friday, 19 April): Oral exam. (The oral exam will concern the ideal paramagnet. I recommend that you review your solutions to problems 2.9 and 2.12. You may also want to examine these tips for oral exams (PDF).)

Final Exam from 2019 (PDF)

Model Solutions for Final Exam from 2019 (PDF)