CLASSES AND TUTORIALS
Alexander Schekochihin
Papers CP4 (1st year), A1 (2nd year)
Hilary Term 2023
| NOTES: Your classes will mostly
be on Fridays 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. Please turn in all your homework by placing it in your personal Dropbox folder. Jovan Jovanovic will be helping me with the marking of CP3 this year and Minghao Li with A1. Jovan, Minghao and I cannot guarantee that work that is turned in late will be looked at. I will place the marked version of your work back in your Dropbox folder. 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 Jovan and Minghao (as well as Gregory Boyd, who was your GTA in MT) also serve as a graduate mentors and you are encouraged to seek appointments with them (although it is not guaranteed that they will have time for you in any given week) --- if after the tutes you are still having difficulties with the material. There are other graduate mentors available, listed here. CP4: I will cover the collection and problem sets MT-VIII (vac work), HT-2, HT-4, and HT-5. Prof Christopher Ramsey will do the rest. Please arrange your schedule (and process for turning in homework) with him directly. |
 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). |
CP3/4: My Lecture Notes and Problem Sets on ODEs (incl. Normal Modes; see Chapter 7, and PS-6)
CP4: Felix Parra's 2021 Lectures and Problem Sets on Waves
CP4: On Vector Calculus, I strongly recommend Ramin Golestanian's Lecture Notes
CP4: Merton Maths Problem Sheets for HT-23 (this is the version we used last year; your lecturers have changed, so these may be updated later)
A1: My Lecture Notes on Kinetic Theory and Statistical Mechanics for 2nd year
A1: Problem Sheets for HT-23 (last updated 7.01.20; I may post further updates)
If you would like to try your hand at more advanced material (or just extra material), the following two books proved a great success in David Hosking's lockdown tutorials with 2nd years in TT-2020 (if you want an e-copy, drop me a line):
- R. Kubo, Thermodynamics:
An Advanced Course with Problems and Solutions (N.
Holland 1968)
- R. Kubo, Statistical
Mechanics: An Advanced Course with Problems and Solutions
(N. Holland 1965)
| Week |
Date |
Time |
Place |
Year |
Class/Tute |
Notes |
| I |
Mon 16 Jan | 17:00-19:00 | Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-1 | We will discuss the collection paper and any questions arising from your inter-term revision efforts. |
| Tue 17 Jan |
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: M. Giroux & L. Macro | MT-VIII
(vac work) due Sun 8 Jan @23:59 |
|
| Wed 18 Jan |
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: I. Elgueta & I. Prosyanoy | ||
| Thu 19 Jan |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: W. Blakey, M. Harding & Q. Wang | ||
| Sat 21 Jan |
17:00-19:00 |
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 |
Tue 24 Jan |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Tutes-1: B. Colvin, E. Dyer & S. Sidduqui | PS-4 (vac work)
due Sun 8 Jan @23:59 |
| Wed 25 Jan |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 | Stat Phys Tutes-1: J. Bell, P.
Luhadiya & L. Liu |
||
| Thu 26 Jan |
17:00-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 | [Stat Phys Tutes-1: S. Ehaj-Houssen] |
||
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 | Stat Phys Tutes-1:
L. Kemp, C. Mosquera & J. Rugg |
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| Fri 27 Jan |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-2 |
HT-2 (try it before
class, prepare questions) 3D multiple, line and surface integrals Normal modes Lagrangian & Hamiltonian mechanics Rigid rotation |
|
| III |
Tue 31 Jan |
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: M. Giroux & L. Macro | HT-2
due Sun 29 Jan @23:59 |
| Wed 1 Feb |
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2:
I.
Elgueta |
||
| Thu 2 Feb |
17:15-18:45 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: W. Blakey, M. Harding & Q. Wang | ||
| Fri 3 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 |
Tue 7 Feb |
17:00 |
TS Eliot LT |
All |
OCCAM
LECTURE |
Mr Ravin Jain |
| Sat
11 Feb |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Tutes-2: B. Colvin, E. Dyer & S. Sidduqui | PS-5
due Sun 5 Feb @23:59 |
|
| Wed 8 Feb |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Tutes-2: J. Bell, P.
Luhadiya & L. Liu |
||
| Thu 9 Feb |
17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Tutes-2: S. Ehaj-Houssen
& J. Rugg |
||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Tutes-2: L. Kemp & C. Mosquera | |||
| Fri 10 Feb |
17:00-19:00 |
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: d'Alembert's solution Limit cycles |
|
| V |
Tue 14 Feb |
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: M. Giroux & L. Macro | HT-4 due Sun 12 Feb @23:59 |
| Wed 15 Feb |
18:00-19:00 | Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: I. Elgueta | ||
| Thu 16 Feb |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: W. Blakey, M. Harding & Q. Wang | ||
| Fri 17 Feb |
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 |
|
| Sun 19 Feb |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-4 |
HT-5 (try it before class, prepare
questions) Vector calculus: integrals Wave equation: energetics, solution via Fourier series Vector calculus & waves in EM and hydrodynamics |
|
| VI |
Tue 21 Feb |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Tutes-3: B. Colvin, E. Dyer & S. Sidduqui | PS-6
due Sun 19 Feb @23:59 |
| Wed 22 Feb |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Tutes-3: J. Bell, P.
Luhadiya & L. Liu |
||
| Thu 23 Feb |
17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Tutes-3: S. Ehaj-Houssen
& J. Rugg |
||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Tutes-3: L. Kemp & C. Mosquera | |||
| Fri
24 Feb |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove
1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Class-4 |
PS-7
(try
it before class, prepare questions) Quantum gases |
|
| VII |
Tue 28 Feb |
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-4: M. Giroux & L. Macro | HT-5
due Sun 26 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 weekend!) |
| Wed 1 Mar |
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-4:
I.
Elgueta |
||
| Thu 2 Mar |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-4: W. Blakey, M. Harding & Q. Wang | ||
| VIII |
Tue 7 Mar |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Tutes-4: B. Colvin, E. Dyer & S. Sidduqui | PS-7
due Sun 5 Mar @23:59 (this problem set is long and difficult, do not leave it until the last weekend!) |
| Wed 8 Mar |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Tutes-4: J. Bell, P.
Luhadiya & L. Liu |
||
| Thu 9 Mar |
17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Tutes-4: S. Ehaj-Houssen
& J. Rugg |
||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Tutes-4: L. Kemp & C. Mosquera | |||
| Fri 10 Mar |
17:00-19:00 | 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-2023 (with C.
Ramsey or J. Jovanovic) |
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| 2 |
Vacation work:
PS-8 |
Tute in TT-2023 (with
Minghao Li) |