LECTURES, CLASSES AND TUTORIALS
Alexander Schekochihin
Lectures: A1 (2nd year), Kinetic Theory (MMathPhys Dry Run)
Tutorials: Papers CP3/4 (1st year), A1 (2nd year) and B1-I (3rd year)
Michaelmas Term 2014
| NOTES:
If you are meeting me in ThPhys-2.5 (this is in 1 Keble Road, R.
Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics) and there is no one at the
reception to let you in, please ring my mobile phone 07766138996 or
office
01865 273 980. 1st and 2nd years: Your classes will normally be on Friday or Saturday (before lunch) 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 your homework by leaving it in the pidgeon hole of Richard Fern, who will be helping with the marking this year. Richard 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 programme for what to discuss during the tutes. Note that Richard also serves as a graduate mentor and you are encouraged to request appointments with him (although not guaranteed that he will have time for you) if after the tutes are done you are still having difficulties with the material. CP3/4: Half of the classes and tutorials will be given by Prof Christopher Ramsey. Please arrange your schedule (and process for turning in homework) with him directly. CP3/4: Problem Sheets for MT-14 (same as for MT-13) Andre Lukas's Problem Sets for V&M (same as for MT-13, as far as I can tell) Pre-2013 Merton Maths questions (the V&M questions can be used for revision; others are the same as in the new sheets) Lecture Notes on Dimensional Analysis A1: Course webpage B1-I: Course webpage B1-I: I will cover the Chaos etc. part of the course. Fluid dynamics will be covered by Prof Michael Barnes (arrange your schedule with him); Biophysics (last 6 lectures) by TBA (class in HT). Some notes on Kolmogorov turbulence Xmas Questions (totally optional) |
 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 |
| 0 |
Wed 8
Oct |
12:00 |
Fitzjames
2 |
1 |
Welcome
meeting |
Bring
your Vacation Work |
| I |
Mon 13 Oct |
17:15-19:00 | Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-1 |
Extracurricular: Dimensional
Analysis Lecture Notes |
| Wed 15
Oct |
12:30-13:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-1:
Caleb Rich |
Vacation Work or
any other questions; also bring the Dimensional Analysis homework |
|
| 14:15 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-1:
Toby Adkins |
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| 14:45 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: David Hosking |
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| 15:15 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Ewan McCulloch |
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| 17:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-1:
Jacob White |
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| 18:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-1:
Ilya Lapan |
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| 18:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-1: Robert Stemmons |
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| Fri 17 Oct |
13:30-15:30 (please confirm that you are free) |
501 DWB |
1 |
Class-2 |
MT-1 (look at it it before class, prepare questions) Integration Gaussian integrals Vector algebra Einstein notation |
|
| II |
Wed 22
Oct |
11:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2:
Ilya Lapan |
MT-1 due Sun 19 Oct
23:59 |
| 12:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2: Robert Stemmons |
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| 12:30-13:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2:
Caleb Rich |
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| 14:15 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Toby Adkins |
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| 14:45 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2: David Hosking | |||
| 15:15 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2: Ewan McCulloch | |||
| 18:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2: Jacob White |
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| Fri 24 Oct |
11:30-13:30 (please confirm that you are free) |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-3 |
MT-2 (look at it it before class, prepare questions) Geometry (homeworks and tutes for MT-2 will be handled by Prof Ramsey) |
|
| III |
Mon 27 Oct |
17:00 |
TS Eliot LT |
ALL |
16th OCCAM LECTURE |
Dr Aldo Faisal (Imperial College) |
| IV |
Mon 3 Nov |
15:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB | MMathPhys |
Kinetic Theory Lectures 10-11 | this is a dry run of one of the MMathPhys core courses; all welcome! |
| Tue 4 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB | MMathPhys |
Kinetic Theory Lecture 12 | ||
| Thu 6 Nov |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Chaos Class-1 | Problem
Set 3 Raleigh-Benard problem |
|
| Sat 8 Nov |
11:30-13:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Class-1 |
Intro to thermodynamics Please read through your lecture notes so far before class: do you understand the construction of thermodynamics? |
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| V |
Mon 10 Nov |
15:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB | MMathPhys |
Kinetic Theory Lectures 13-14 |
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| Tue 11 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB | MMathPhys |
Kinetic Theory Lecture 15 |
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| Wed 12 Nov |
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-4 |
MT-5 (look at it it before class, prepare questions) 1-order ODEs 2-order ODEs: general results Determinants |
|
| Thu 13 Nov |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Chaos Class-2 |
Problem
Set 3 cont'd Dynamical Systems |
|
| Sat 15 Nov |
11:30-13:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat
Phys Class-2 |
Thermodynamics cont'd Problem Set 1 due Sun 9 Nov 23:59 Look at Problem Set 2 before class |
|
| VI |
Mon 17 Nov |
15:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB |
MMathPhys |
Kinetic Theory Lectures 16-17 |
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| Tue 18 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB |
MMathPhys |
Kinetic Theory Lecture 18 | ||
| Wed 19 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-1 | ||
| 16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Toby Adkins & Caleb Rich |
MT-5 due Sun 16 Nov 23:59 | ||
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: David Hosking, Ewan McCulloch & Jacob White | |||
| 20:20-21:20 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Ilya Lapan & Robert Stemmons | |||
| Thu 20 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-2 |
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| 15:00-16:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: David Felce & Tom Hornigold | Problem
Set 2 due Sun 16 Nov 23:59 |
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| 16:00-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Adam Stanway & Glenn Wagner | |||
| 17:30-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Chris Hamilton |
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| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Mantas Abazorius & Isabelle Naylor |
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| Fri 21 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-3 | ||
| Sat 22 Nov |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Class-3 | Kinetics Try Problem Set 3 before class! |
|
| VII |
Wed 26 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-4 | |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 3 |
Tute-1:
James Matthew |
Problem
Set 3 due Fri 21 Nov 23:59 |
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| 16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 3 |
Tute-1: Alex Moore & Jasper Russell | |||
| 18:00-18:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 3 |
Tute-1: Tiffany Brydges | |||
| 18:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Tute-1: Liz Traynor | |||
| 20:20-21:20 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Tute-1: Ravin Jain & Sergejs Lukanihins | |||
| Thu 27 Nov |
12:00-13:00 | Lindemann LT | 2 |
A1 Lecture-5 | ||
| 17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Chaos Class-3 | Problem
Set 4 (try it before class, prepare questions) Lorentz attractor |
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| Fri 28 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-6 | ||
| 17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-5 |
MT-7 (look at it it before class, prepare questions) ODEs: matrix form; general solution Eigenvectors & eigenvalues Oscillators and resonances |
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| Sat 29 Nov |
11:30-13:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat
Phys Class-4 |
Collisions and transport Look at Problem Set 4 before class |
|
| VIII |
Mon 1 Dec |
13:45-14:45 |
ThPhys 2.5 |
2 |
Tute-2: David Felce & Tom Hornigold | Problem
Set 3
due Sun 23 Nov 23:59; questions on Problem Set 4 (vac work) also welcome |
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Chris Hamilton, Isabelle Naylor & Glenn Wagner | |||
| 20:20-21:20 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Mantas Abazorius & Adam Stanway | |||
| Tue 2 Dec |
16:00-18:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB |
MMathPhys |
Kinetic Theory Class-2 |
Problem Set 2 due Thu 27 Nov in my pidge in TP or Merton |
|
| Wed 3 Dec |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-7 |
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| 16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-4: Toby Adkins & Caleb Rich | MT-7 due Sun 30 Nov 23:59 | ||
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-4: David Hosking, Ewan McCulloch & Jacob White |
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| 20:20-21:20 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-4: Ilya Lapan & Robert Stemmons |
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| Thu 4 Dec |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-8 |
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| 17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Chaos Class-4 |
Problem
Set 4 cont'd Brownian motion; Kolmogorov turbulence (here are some notes) |
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| Fri 5 Dec |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-9 | ||
| 17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-6 |
MT-8 (look at it it before class, prepare questions) Eigenvectors and eigenvalues Particle in an EM field |
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| 1 |
Vacation work: MT-8 |
Tute in HT-2015 |
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| 2 |
Vacation
work: Problem Set 4 |
Tute in HT-2015 |
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| 3 |
Vacation work: Problem Set 4 |
Tute in HT-2015 Read notes on Kolmogorov turbulence (sec 1) |
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| 3 |
Xmas Questions (totally optional) | Tute in HT or TT-2015 if requested |