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 2017
| 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 Glenn Wagner, who will be helping with the marking this year. Glenn 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 Glenn 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-17 (this is last updated 8.10.17; check here for further updates!) Andre Lukas's Problem Sets for V&M (same as for MT-16, 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 9 Oct |
17:00-19:00 | Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-0 |
Dimensional
Analysis |
| Wed 11
Oct |
16:00-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-1: Maeve Dai and Richard Chatterjee |
Vacation
Work or
any other questions; also bring the Dimensional Analysis homework Vacation Work is due immediately upon your arrival in week 0 |
|
| 17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-1: Rayhan Mahmud and Oskar Maatta |
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| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-1: Miles Testa and Ross McDonald |
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| Thu 12 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 |
|
| II |
Mon 16 Oct |
20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
4 |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar | reading material; presenting: Lucas Schepers |
| Wed 18
Oct |
16:00-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2: Maeve Dai and Richard Chatterjee | MT-1 due
Sun 15 Oct
23:59 |
|
| 17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2: Rayhan Mahmud and Oskar Maatta | |||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-2: Miles Testa and Ross McDonald | |||
| Fri 20 Oct |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-2 |
MT-2 (look at it it before class, prepare questions) Vector algebra & geometry; Einstein notation (V&M-1) NB: homeworks and tutes for MT-2 will be handled by Prof Ramsey |
|
| III |
Tue 24 Oct |
14:00-16:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB |
MMathPhys |
Kinetic Theory Lectures 10-11 |
|
| 17:00 |
TS Eliot LT |
All |
OCCAM LECTURE |
Dr Peter Braam |
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| IV |
Mon 30 Oct |
10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB | MMathPhys |
Kinetic
Theory Lecture 12 |
|
| 16:00-18:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB | MMathPhys |
Kinetic
Theory Lectures 13-14 |
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| 20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
4 |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar | continue previous topic; on Lie group, read this |
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| Fri 3 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 6 Nov |
10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB | MMathPhys |
Kinetic
Theory Lecture 15 |
|
| 16:00-18:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB | MMathPhys |
Kinetic
Theory Lectures 16-17 |
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| Tue 7 Nov |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Chaos
Class-1 |
Dynamical systems | |
| Sat 11 Nov |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat
Phys Class-2 |
Thermodynamics cont'd (entropy
etc) Problem Set 1 due Sun 5 Nov 23:59 Look at Problem Set 2 before class |
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| VI |
Mon 13 Nov |
10:00-11:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB |
MMathPhys |
Kinetic
Theory Lecture 18 |
|
| 16:00-17:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB |
MMathPhys |
Kinetic Theory Lecture 19 |
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| 20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
4 |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar | [reading: Wald, ch. 3-4] topic: black hole temperature presenting: Isabel Garcia |
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| Tue 14 Nov |
17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Chaos Class-2 |
Lorentz attractor | |
| Wed 15 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-1 | ||
| 14:00-15:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Lucy Biddle, Andrew Doyle & Jack McIntyre | Problem
Set 2 due Sun 12 Nov 23:59 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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| 15:30-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1: Georgia Acton, Jacob Robertson, Leonie Woodland |
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| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-1:
Jules Desai, Roshan Dodhia & Catherine Felce |
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| Thu 16 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-2 | ||
| Fri 17 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-3 | ||
| 17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Class-3 |
MT-6 (look at it it before class, prepare questions) 2-order ODEs ODEs: matrix form; general solution Determinants, scalar products (V&M-3) |
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| Sun 19 Nov |
16:30-17:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Stat Phys Class-3 | Kinetics Try Problem Set 3 before class! |
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| VII |
Mon 20 Nov | 17:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Chaos Class-3 |
Brownian motion/Langevin dynamics Kolmogorov turbulence (here are some notes) |
| Tue 21 Nov |
14:00-16:00 |
Fisher Rm, DWB |
MMathPhys |
Kinetic Theory Class-2 |
Problem Set 2 due Sun 19 Nov to Glenn Wagner in TP |
|
| Wed 22 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-4 | ||
| 16:00-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-3: Maeve Dai and Richard Chatterjee | MT-6 due
Sun 19 Nov 23:59 |
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| 17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Rayhan Mahmud and Oskar Maatta | |||
| 18:00-18:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-3: Ross McDonald | |||
| Thu 23 Nov |
12:00-13:00 | Lindemann LT | 2 |
A1 Lecture-5 | ||
| Fri 24 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-6 | ||
| 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 cont'd Forced oscillators and resonances Eigenvectors & eigenvalues (V&M-4) |
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| Sat 25 Nov |
13:30-14:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Tute-1: Joey Li & Uros Ristivojevic | Problem
Set 3 due Mon 20 Nov 23:59 NB: Do also the Brownian motion problem from the 2015 problem set! |
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| Sun 25 Nov |
13:30-14:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Tute-1: Matt Davies & Max Plummer
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| 18:00-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
3 |
Tute-1: Pablo Espinoza & Oliver Paulin | |||
| VIII |
Mon 27 Nov |
14:00-15:45 |
NCR |
2,4 |
Warden's Collections |
|
| Tue 28 Nov |
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 29 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: Maeve Dai and Richard Chatterjee | MT-7 due
Sun 26 Nov 23:59 |
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| 17:00-18:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
1 |
Tute-4: Rayhan Mahmud and Oskar Maatta | |||
| 18:00-18:30 |
Grove 1.8 | 1 |
Tute-4: Ross McDonald | |||
| Thu 30 Nov |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-8 |
||
| 14:00-15:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Lucy Biddle, Andrew Doyle & Jack McIntyre | Problem
Set 3
due Sun 26 Nov 23:59; questions on Problem Set 4 (vac work) also welcome |
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| 15:30-17:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Georgia Acton, Jacob Robertson, Leonie Woodland | |||
| 17:30-19:00 |
Grove 1.8 |
2 |
Tute-2: Jules Desai, Roshan Dodhia & Catherine Felce | |||
| Fri 1 Dec |
12:00-13:00 |
Lindemann LT |
2 |
A1 Lecture-9 | ||
| 17:00-19:00 |
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 4 Dec |
20:30 |
Grove 1.8 |
4 |
Merton MMathPhys Seminar | topic: how mathematicians think of quantisation presenting: Minhyong Kim |
| 1 |
Vacation work: MT-8 |
Tute in HT-2018 |
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| 2 |
Vacation
work: Problem Set 4 |
Tute in HT-2018 |
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| 3 |
Xmas Questions (totally optional) | Tute in HT or TT-2018 if
requested |