LECTURES, CLASSES AND TUTORIALS
Alexander Schekochihin
Lectures: A1 (2nd year), Kinetic Theory (MMathPhys)
Tutorials: Papers CP3/4 (1st year), A1 (2nd year), B1 (3rd year), MMathPhys Dissertations (4th year)
Merton MMathPhys Seminar (4th year)
Michaelmas Term 2016
| 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 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 Archie Bott, who will be helping with the marking this year. Archie 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 Archie also serves as a graduate mentor and you are encouraged to request 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. 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-16 (this is last updated 27.11.16; check here for further updates!) Andre Lukas's Problem Sets for V&M (same as for MT-15, 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, improved version of these notes (2015) A1: Course webpage B1: Course webpage B1: 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 10 Oct |
17:00-19:00 | Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-0 |
Dimensional
Analysis |
| Wed 12
Oct |
12:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-1:
Andrew Doyle, Athena Hawksley-Walker & Jack McIntyre |
Vacation
Work or
any other questions; also bring the Dimensional Analysis homework Vacation Work is due immediately upon your arrival in week 0 |
|
| 14:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Jules Desai & Roshan Dodhia |
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| 15:30-16:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-1:
Catherine Felce & Jacob Robertson |
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| 17:30-18:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Lucy Biddle & Leonie Woodland |
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| Thu 13 Oct |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-1 |
MT-1 (look at it it before class, prepare questions) Integration Gaussian integrals Complex numbers Einstein notation |
|
| II |
Wed 19
Oct |
12:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2: Andrew Doyle, Athena Hawksley-Walker & Jack McIntyre | MT-1 due
Sun 16 Oct
23:59 |
| 14:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-2: Jules Desai & Roshan Dodhia |
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| 15:30-16:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2: Catherine Felce & Jacob Robertson |
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| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2: Lucy Biddle & Leonie Woodland |
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| 20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
MMathPhys |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar | Minhyong Kim & Hadleigh Frost |
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| Fri 23 Oct |
11:30-13:30 (please confirm that you are free of labs) |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-2 |
MT-2 (look at it it before class, prepare questions) Vector algebra & geometry (V&M-1) NB: homeworks and tutes for MT-2 will be handled by Prof Ramsey |
|
| III |
Tue 25 Oct |
14:00-15:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB |
MMathPhys |
Kinetic Theory Lecture 9 |
|
| Wed 26 Oct |
20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
MMathPhys |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar |
Minhyong Kim & Hadleigh Frost Homework: read Ch 2 of Nakahara |
|
| IV |
Mon 31 Oct |
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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| Wed 2 Nov |
20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
MMathPhys |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar |
Minhyong Kim & Hadleigh Frost Homework: read Mermin Other reading: Ch 3 of Nakahara Witten's lectures |
|
| Fri 4 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? |
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| V |
Mon 7 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 9 Nov |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Chaos
Class-1 |
Dynamical systems | |
| 20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
MMathPhys |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar |
Minhyong Kim & Hadleigh Frost Homework: Ch 3 & 4 of Nakahara |
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| Fri 11 Nov |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat
Phys Class-2 |
Thermodynamics cont'd (entropy etc) Problem Set 1 due Sun 6 Nov 14:00 Look at Problem Set 2 before class |
|
| VI |
Mon 14 Nov |
10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB |
MMathPhys |
Kinetic
Theory Lecture 16 |
|
| 15:00-16:00 |
DWB canteen |
MMathPhys |
Tute-1: Konstantin Beyer |
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| 16:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB |
MMathPhys |
Kinetic Theory Lecture 17 |
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| Wed 16 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-1 | ||
| 17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Chaos
Class-2 |
Lorentz attractor |
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| 20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
MMathPhys |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar |
Minhyong Kim & Hadleigh Frost Homework: Ch 5 & 6 of Nakahara |
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| Thu 17 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-2 |
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| 14:30-16:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Georgia Acton, Joey Li & Uros Ristivojevic | Problem
Set 2 due Sun 13 Nov 14:00 In tute, we'll discuss PS-1,2 + any conceptual issues you care to raise (worth reading: Kardar Ch 1, online version is here) |
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| 16:00-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Pablo Espinoza & Oliver Paulin |
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| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1:
Matt Davies, Max Plummer & Kirill Sasin |
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| Fri 18 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! |
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| Sat 21 Nov |
11:30-13:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-3 |
MT-6 (look at it it before class, prepare questions) 2-order ODEs Determinants, scalar products (V&M-3) |
|
| VII |
Mon 21 |
15:00-16:00 |
DWB canteen |
MMathPhys |
Tute-2: Konstantin Beyer |
|
| Tue 22 Nov |
14:00-16:00 |
Wiles C1 |
MMathPhys |
Kinetic Theory Class-2 |
Problem Set 2 due Sun 20 Nov |
|
| 17:00 |
TS Eliot LT |
All |
OCCAM LECTURE |
Ms Juliet Davenport OBE |
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| Wed 23 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-4 | ||
| 14:15-15:45 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-3: Andrew Doyle, Athena Hawksley-Walker & Jack McIntyre | MT-6 due
Sun 20 Nov 23:59 |
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| 15:45-16:45 |
Grive 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Jacob Robertson & Leonie Woodland | |||
| 17:00-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Lucy Biddle |
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| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Jules Desai, Roshan Dodhia & Catherine Felce | |||
| 20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
MMathPhys |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar |
Minhyong Kim & Hadleigh Frost Homework: Ch 5, 6 & 7 of Nakahara ++ Hadleigh will talk about Arnold's mechanics |
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| Thu 24 Nov |
12:00-13:00 | Lindemann LT | 2 |
A1 Lecture-5 | ||
| 17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-4 |
MT-7 (look at it it before class, prepare questions) ODEs: matrix form; general solution Forced oscillators and resonances Eigenvectors & eigenvalues (V&M-4) |
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| Fri 25 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-6 | ||
| Sat 26 Nov |
11:30-12:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Tute-1: Caleb Rich & Jacob White | Problem
Set 3 due Sun 20 Nov 23:59 NB: Do also the Brownian motion problem from the 2015 problem set! |
|
| 18:00-18:30 |
Fellows 3.6 |
3 |
Tute-1: Toby Adkins |
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| VIII |
Mon 28 Nov |
11:15-13:15 |
501 DWB |
3 |
Chaos Class-3 | Kolmogorov turbulence (here are some notes) Brownian motion or anything else you want to learn |
| 15:00-16:00 |
DWB canteen |
MMathPhys |
Tute-3: Konstantin Beyer | |||
| 17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Tute-1: Ilya Lapan & Robert Stemmons | See above |
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| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Tute-1: David Hosking & Ewan McCulloch | |||
| Tue 29 Nov | 15:30-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-4: Catherine Felce, Athena Hawksley-Walker & Jack McIntyre | MT-7 due Sun 27 Nov 23:59 | |
| 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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| Wed 30 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-7 |
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| 16:00-17:00 | Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-4: Jacob Robertson & Leonie Woodland | MT-7 due
Sun 27 Nov 23:59 |
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| 17:00-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-4: Lucy Biddle | |||
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-4: Jules Desai, Roshan Dodhia & Andrew Doyle | |||
| 20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
MMathPhys |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar |
Minhyong Kim & Hadleigh Frost | ||
| Thu 1 Dec |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-8 |
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| 15:00-16:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Joey Li & Uros Ristivojevic | Problem
Set 3
due Sun 27 Nov 23:59; questions on Problem Set 4 (vac work) also welcome |
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| 16:00-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Pablo Espinoza & Oliver Paulin | |||
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Matt Davies, Max Plummer & Kirill Sasin | |||
| Fri 2 Dec |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-9 | ||
| 15:00-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-5 |
MT-8 (look at it it before class, prepare questions) Eigenvectors and eigenvalues (V&M-4) Particle in an EM field |
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| 9 |
Mon 5 Dec |
15:00-16:00 |
DWB canteen |
MMathPhys |
Tute-3: Konstantin Beyer | |
| 1 |
Vacation work: MT-8 |
Tute in HT-2017 |
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| 2 |
Vacation
work: Problem Set 4 |
Tute in HT-2017 |
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| 3 |
Xmas Questions (totally optional) | Tute in HT or TT-2017 if
requested |