LECTURES, CLASSES AND TUTORIALS
Alexander Schekochihin
Lectures: Adavnced Fluid Dynamics (MMathPhys)
Tutorials: Papers CP4 (1st year), A1 (2nd year)
Hilary Term 2019
| NOTES: Your classes will normally be on
Thursday, Friday or Saturday and the corresponding problem
sheets will be due on Sunday night following the class (except
if
indicated otherwise below), with follow-up
tutes the week after. I suggest that you attempt the problem sheets before the class, so we could deal
with some of the arising problems in
class. If you do not do that, it may turn out to be difficult for you
to finish your homework on time. Everyone: Please turn in all your homework by pidging it to Toby Adkins, who will be helping with the marking this year. Toby and I cannot guarantee that work that is turned in late will be looked at. He will forward your homeworks to me and I will either leave them in your pidges or bring them to the tute. In the case of the latter eventuality, please make notes for yourselves while doing the homeworks to make sure you have a plan for what to discuss during the tutes. Note that Toby also serves as a graduate mentor and you are encouraged to seek appointments with him (although it is not guaranteed that he will have time for you) if after the tutes you are still having difficulties with the material. CP4: I will cover the collection and problem sets HT-2, HT-4, and HT-5. Prof Christopher Ramsey will do the rest, including vacation work, which should be pifged to him. Please arrange your schedule (and process for turning in homework) with him directly. CP4: Chris Palmer's 2019 notes on Wave Motion CP4: On Vector Calculus, I recommend Ramin Golestanian's lecture notes CP4: Problem Sheets for HT-19 (last updated 27.01.19; I may post further updates) A1: My Lecture Notes on Kinetic Theory and Statistical Mechanics for 2nd year (last updated in 2018) |
 A sketch of students (or, perhaps, fellows) in a manuscript of William of Ockham's commentary on Aristotle's Physics (MS293 from the Merton College library, image courtesy of J. Walwarth). |
| Week |
Date |
Time |
Place |
Year |
Class/Tute |
Notes |
| I |
Mon 14 Jan | 10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lecture 1 |
|
| 16:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lecture 2 |
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| Tue 15 Jan |
13:15-15:15 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-1 | We will discuss the
collection paper and any questions arising from your inter-term revision efforts. |
|
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Radek Grabarczyk & Nic Mitchell | ODE PS-3 (vac work) due upon your arrival to Oxford |
||
| Wed 16 Jan |
17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Miles Testa & Alex Pett | ||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Graham Mathews & Robert Vickers | |||
| Thu 17 Jan |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Jan Siuta, Marcell Szakaly & Lasse Wolff | ||
| Fri 18 Jan |
19:00 |
Savile Rm |
All |
Roger Bacon Society Dinner |
President Matthew Davis |
|
| Sat 19 Jan |
13:15-15:15 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Class-1 | We will discuss the collection
paper and any questions arising from your inter-term revision efforts. |
|
| II |
Mon 21 Jan |
10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lecture 3 | |
| 16:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lecture 4 |
|||
| 20:30 |
Fitzjames 1 |
All |
Merton MathPhys Seminar |
Prof Minhyong Kim |
||
| Wed 23 Jan |
16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Maeve Dai and Richard Chatterjee | PS-4
(vac work) due upon your arrival to Oxford |
|
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Oskar Maatta, Rayhan Mahmud & Ross McDonald | |||
| Fri 25 Jan |
13:30-15:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-2 |
HT-2 (try it before class,
prepare questions) 3D multiple, line and surface integrals Normal modes Rigid rotation |
|
| III |
Mon 28 Jan |
10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lecture 5 |
|
| 16:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Lecture 6 |
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| Tue 29 Jan |
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Radek Grabarczyk & Nic Mitchell | HT-2 due
Sun 27 Jan @23:59 |
|
| Wed 30 Jan |
17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Miles Testa & Alex Pett | ||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Graham Mathews & Robert Vickers | |||
| Thu 31 Jan |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Jan Siuta, Marcell Szakaly & Lasse Wolff | ||
| Fri 1 Feb |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat
Phys Class-2 |
PS-5 (try it before class,
prepare questions) Fundamentals of Stat Mech; stat mech of the ideal gas |
|
| IV |
Mon 4 Feb |
10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys:
MHD Lecture 7 |
|
| 16:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys:
MHD Lecture 8 |
|||
| 20:30 |
Fitzjames 1 |
All |
Merton MathPhys Seminar |
Prof Minhyong Kim |
||
| Wed 6 Feb |
16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-2: Maeve Dai and Richard Chatterjee | PS-5 due
Sun 3 Feb @23:59 |
|
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 2 |
Tute-2: Oskar Maatta, Rayhan Mahmud & Ross McDonald | |||
| Fri 8 Feb |
13:30-15:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-3 |
HT-4
(try it before class, prepare questions) Vector calculus: differentiation in index notation Gauss and Stokes Theorems Wave equation; separation of variables |
|
| V |
Mon 11 Feb |
10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB | 4 | MMathPhys: MHD Lecture 9 | |
| 16:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm DWB |
4 |
MMathPhys:
MHD
Lecture 10 |
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| Tue 12 Feb |
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Radek Grabarczyk & Nic Mitchell | HT-4 due Sun 10 Feb @23:59 | |
| Wed 13 Feb |
17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Miles Testa & Alex Pett | ||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Graham Mathews & Robert Vickers | |||
| Thu 14 Feb |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Jan Siuta, Marcell Szakaly & Lasse Wolff | ||
| Fri 15 Feb |
13:30-15:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-4 |
HT-5
(try it before class, prepare questions) Vector calculus: integrals Dispersion Vector calculus & waves in EM and hydrodynamics |
|
| 17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Class-3 |
PS-6 (try it before class,
prepare questions) Applications of Stat Mech; open systems |
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| VI |
Mon 18 Feb |
20:30 |
Fitzjames 1 |
All |
Merton MathPhys Seminar |
Prof Minhyong Kim |
| Tue 19 Feb |
TBA |
TBA |
4 |
MMathPhys: MHD Problem Class |
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| Wed 20 Feb |
16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-3: Maeve Dai and Richard Chatterjee | PS-6 due
Sun 17 Feb @23:59 |
|
| Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-3: Oskar Maatta, Rayhan Mahmud & Ross McDonald | ||||
| Fri 22
Feb |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove
1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Class-4 |
PS-7
(try it before class, prepare questions) Quantum gases |
|
| VII |
Mon 25 Feb |
17:00 |
TS Eliot LT |
All |
The 29th Occam Lecture & Dinner | Prof Roger Blandford |
| Wed 27 Feb |
17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-4: Miles Testa & Alex Pett | HT-5 due Sat 23
Feb @23:59 (this problem set is quite difficult and may require independent study; you have two weeks to do it, don't leave it until the last day) |
|
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-4: Graham Mathews & Robert Vickers |
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| Thu 28 Feb |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-4: Jan Siuta, Marcell Szakaly & Lasse Wolff |
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| Fri 1 Mar |
16:45-17:45 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-4: Radek Grabarczyk & Nic Mitchell | ||
| VIII |
Mon 5 Mar |
20:30 |
Fitzjames 1 |
All |
Merton MathPhys Seminar |
Prof Minhyong Kim |
| Thu 7 Mar |
16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Maeve Dai and Richard Chatterjee | PS-7 due Sun 3 Mar @23:59 (this problem set is long and difficult, do not leave it until the last day!) |
|
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-4: Oskar Maatta, Rayhan Mahmud & Ross McDonald | |||
| Fri 8 Mar |
14:00-16:00 | Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat
Phys Class-5 |
PS-8 (try it
before class, prepare questions) Real gases, phase transitions, revision of Stat Mech |
|
| 1 |
Vacation work: HT-7 |
Tute in TT-2019 (with C. Ramsey) |
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| 2 |
Vacation
work: PS-8 |
Tute in
TT-2019 |