Lectures: Mondays 9:45 -- 11:30 AM and 1 -- 2 PM, in the Math Tower, P-131.

Instructors: Jerry Jenquin and William D. Linch III.

Office Hours: Jerry's are TBA
William's are TBA.

Suggested Prerequisites We'll be assuming familiarity with the material covered in MAT 530, 531 and 560. Some previous exposure to physics, while helpful, is by no means necessary.

Course Content: In this second semester we will cover Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, and Quantum Mechanics. The latter will be divided into two ``sections''. One more mathematical and one more physical.

Texts and Online Notes: Although there are no official texts for this course here's a list of references for some of the topics we'll be covering and some of the prerequisite topics. In particular we recommend the following texts to complement the lectures.

  1. Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics by V.I. Arnold.
  2. A Course in Mathematics for Students of Physics by Paul Bamberg and Shlomo Sternberg.

Homework: We will provide four problem sets throughout the semester: one for each ``section'' of this semester's material. There will be four corresponding homework sessions and, at every session, each student must present a solution to one of the problems. Before each presentation the student is expected to give a ``practice run'' in front of either William or Jerry for the sake of quality control. Also a TeX'd solution must be turned in sometime before the presentation. The students are not required to arrive at the solutions independently but must present them independently.

Solutions: Below are solutions to the Thermodynamics problem set as done by the students.

  1. Nate Round
  2. Josh Rembaum
  3. Gabe Drummond-Cole
  4. Joe Walsh
  5. Andrew Stimpson
  6. Ki Song
  7. Chris Bay

Grades: The course grade will be determined solely by the homework.

DSS advisory: If you have a physical, psychiatric, medical, or learning disability that could adversely affect your ability to carry out assigned course work, we urge you to contact the Disabled Student Services office (DSS), Educational Communications Center (ECC) Building, room 128, (631) 632-6748..