Instructor(s)
Prof. Mehran Kardar
MIT Course Number
8.333
As Taught In
Fall 2013
Level
Graduate
Course Description
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Course Description
Statistical Mechanics is a probabilistic approach to equilibrium properties of large numbers of degrees of freedom. In this two-semester course, basic principles are examined. Topics include: Thermodynamics, probability theory, kinetic theory, classical statistical mechanics, interacting systems, quantum statistical mechanics, and identical particles.
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