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 Adrian Menssen, who will be helping with the marking this year. Adrian 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 Adrian 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-15 (this is last updated 3.12.15; check here for further updates!) Andre Lukas's Problem Sets for V&M (same as for MT-14, as far as I can tell) Pre-2013 Merton Maths questions (the V&M questions can be used for revision; others are mostly the same as in the new sheets) My Lecture Notes on Dimensional Analysis (2011) Richard Fern's typed version of these notes (2015) 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 Richard Fern (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 |
I |
Mon 12 Oct |
17:00-19:00 | Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-1 |
Extracurricular: Dimensional
Analysis |
Wed 14
Oct |
12:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-1:
Georgia Acton |
Vacation Work or
any other questions; also bring the Dimensional Analysis homework |
|
12:30-13:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Joey Li |
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14:15 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-1:
Pablo Espinoza |
|||
14:45 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Lucy Biddle |
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15:15-15:45 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Kirill Sasin | |||
18:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-1: Max Plummer | |||
18:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-1: Uros Ristovojevic |
|||
20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Oliver Paulin |
|||
21:00-21:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Matthew Davis | |||
Fri 16 Oct |
11:30-13:30 (please confirm that you are free of labs) |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-2 |
MT-1 (look at it it before class, prepare questions) Integration Gaussian integrals Vector algebra Einstein notation |
|
II |
Wed 21
Oct |
11:15-11:45 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2: Lucy Biddle | MT-1 due Sun 18 Oct
23:59 |
16:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2:
Georgia Acton |
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16:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2:
Pablo Espinoza |
|||
17:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Joey Li |
|||
17:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2: Kirill Sasin | |||
18:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2: Max Plummer | |||
18:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2: Uros Ristovojevic | |||
20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Oliver Paulin |
|||
21:00-21:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Matthew Davis | |||
Fri 23 Oct |
11:30-13:30 (please confirm that you are free of labs) |
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 |
Tue 27 Oct |
14:00-15:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB |
MMathPhys |
Kinetic Theory Lecture 9 |
|
IV |
Mon 2 Nov |
10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB | MMathPhys |
Kinetic
Theory Lecture 10 |
|
16:00-18:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB | MMathPhys |
Kinetic
Theory Lectures 11-12 |
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Fri 6 Nov |
17:00-19:00 |
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? |
|
V |
Mon 9 Nov |
10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB | MMathPhys |
Kinetic
Theory Lecture 13 |
|
16:00-18:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB | MMathPhys |
Kinetic
Theory Lectures 14-15 |
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Wed 11 Nov |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Chaos
Class-1 |
Dynamical systems | |
Sat 14 Nov |
11:30-13:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat
Phys Class-2 |
Thermodynamics cont'd Problem Set 1 due Sun 8 Nov 14:00 Look at Problem Set 2 before class |
|
VI |
Mon 16 Nov |
10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB |
MMathPhys |
Kinetic
Theory Lecture 16 |
|
16:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB |
MMathPhys |
Kinetic Theory Lecture 17 |
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Wed 18 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-1 | ||
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Chaos Class-2 |
Lorentz attractor |
||
Thu 19 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-2 |
||
15:00-15:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Toby Adkins | Problem
Set 2 due Sun 15 Nov 19:00 |
||
15:30-16:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: David Hosking & Ewan McCulloch | |||
16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1:
Caleb Rich & Jacob White |
|||
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Ilya Lapan and Robert Stemmons |
|||
Fri 20 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-3 | ||
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Class-3 | Kinetics Try Problem Set 3 before class! |
||
Sat 21 Nov |
11:30-13:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-4 |
MT-6 (look at it it before class, prepare questions) 2-order ODEs Scalar products |
|
VII |
Tue 24 Nov |
14:00-16:00 |
501 DWB |
MMathPhys |
Kinetic Theory Class-2 |
Problem Set 2 due Sun 22 Nov |
Wed 25 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-4 | ||
16:00-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-3: Lucy Biddle, Joey Li & Kirill Sasin | MT-6 due
Sun 22 Nov 19:00 |
||
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Matt Davies, Max Plummer & Uros Ristivojevic | |||
20:30-22:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Georgia Acton, Pablo Espinoza & Oliver Paulin | |||
Thu 26 Nov |
12:00-13:00 | Lindemann LT | 2 |
A1 Lecture-5 | ||
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 |
||
Fri 27 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-6 | ||
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat
Phys Class-4 |
Collisions and transport Look at Problem Set 4 before class |
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Sat 28 Nov |
11:30-12:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Tute-1: Isabelle Naylor | Problem Set 3 due Sun 22 Nov 14:00 | |
12:00-13:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Tute-1: Chris Hamilton & Tom Hornigold | |||
15:45-16:45 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Tute-1: David Felce and Adam Stanway |
|||
16:45-17:45 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Tute-1: Mantas Abazorius & Glenn Wagner |
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VIII |
Mon 30 Nov |
14:30-16:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Chaos Class-3 | Kolmogorov turbulence (here are some notes) or anythimg else you want to learn |
17:00 |
TS Eliot LT |
All |
19th OCCAM LECTURE |
Mr Jonathan Flint |
||
Wed 2 Dec |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-7 |
||
16:00-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-4: Georgia Acton, Joey Li & Uros Ristivojevic | MT-7 due
Sun 29 Nov 19:00 |
||
17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-4: Matt Davies, Pablo Espinoza & Max Plummer |
|||
20:30-22:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-4: Lucy Biddle, Oliver Paulin & Kirill Sasin |
|||
Thu 3 Dec |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-8 |
||
15:00-15:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Toby Adkins |
Problem
Set 3
due Sun 29 Nov 14:00; questions on Problem Set 4 (vac work) also welcome |
||
15:30-16:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: David Hosking & Ewan McCulloch | |||
16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Caleb Rich & Jacob White | |||
18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Ilya Lapan and Robert Stemmons | |||
Fri 4 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 |
||
1 |
Vacation work: MT-8 |
Tute in HT-2016 |
||||
2 |
Vacation
work: Problem Set 4 |
Tute in HT-2016 |
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3 |
Vacation
work: Problem Set 4 |
Tute in HT-2016 Read notes on Kolmogorov turbulence (sec 1) |
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3 |
Xmas Questions (totally optional) | Tute in HT or TT-2016 if
requested |