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Welcome to 8.044 for Spring 2008
5-14-2008
Practice Final Exam and Solutions to Practice Final Exam are now available.
Problem Set #11 Solutions posted.
5-12-2008
The Final Exam will be on Wednesday May 21 from 1:30-4:30 PM in the Johnson Ice Rink. The material covered in the exam will include the same material covered in Exam 2 plus the new material though quantum ideal gases. No books or calculators will be permitted. You will be allowed to bring one hand-written formula sheet (8.5 by 11 inch paper) covering the front and back.
5-11-2008
During exam week, there will be special office hours:
- Professor Rajagopal will hold office hours Monday May 19 and Wednesday May 21 from 10-11 AM near his office Room 6-311.
- Professor Litster will hold office hours on Tuesday May 20 at 3 PM in Room 12-122.
5-7-2008
Problem Set 11 and Problem Set 10 Solutions are available.
5-1-2008
Exam 2 and Solutions are available.
4-30-2008
Problem Set 10 and Problem Set 9 Solutions are available.
4-18-2008
Exam 2 will take place on April 23 from 1-2 PM in Walker 50-340. It will cover material up through the Canonical ensemble (including examples of using the Canoncial ensemble)
Note: on Monday and Tuesday (April 21 and 22) there are no scheduled classes. Therefore, on Friday April 18, Professor Rajagopal will have special office hours starting at 2:00 PM after lecture. On Tuesday April 22, Professor Litster will have special office hours in the regular recitation classroom at 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM. All students are welcome to attend, but please show up before 1:15 PM and 2:15 PM, respectively, if you want this help.
4-17-2008
Practice Exam 2 and Solutions are available.
4-16-2008
Problem Set #9 is available. Problem Set #8 Solutions are available.
4-2-2008
Problem Set #8 and revised Problem Set #6 Solutions are available.
Problem Set #7 Solutions are available.
4-4-2008
Notes on the Canoncial Ensemble have been posted
4-2-2008
Notes on Maxwell Relations have been posted
Problem Set #7 is available.
Problem Set #6 Solutions are available.
3-31-2008
Exam 1 and Solutions and new notes are available.
3-13-2008
Practice Exam 1 Solutions are available.
Next week only, Prof. Rajagopal's Office Hours will be Monday March 17, 10am-noon, at or near his office which is 6-311.
(He will not hold office hours on Tuesday afternoon.)
3-12-2008
Problem Set #6 and Practice Exam 1 are available.
Problem Set #5 Solutions are available.
3-10-2008
The location of Exam 1 will be in Walker 50-340 (note: this is not our regular lecture room).
3-7-2008
We will have our first exam on March 17 from 1-2 PM. It will cover material up to, but not including, the microcanonical ensemble. An equation sheet will be provided with the exam.
3-5-2008
Notes on Thermodynamics and Notes on the Microcanonical Ensemble posted.
Problem Set #5 is available.
Problem Set #4 Solutions are available.
2-29-2008
An updated version of the Lecture Notes on Probability has been posted.
It corrects a typo in the second to last equation on page 31. Only page
31 has been changed.
2-27-2008
Office Hour information for Prof. Rajagopal has been updated.
Problem Set #4 is available.
Problem Set #3 Solutions are available.
2-21-2008
Reading Assignments have been updated .
2-20-2008
Problem Set #2 Solutions posted.
2-20-2008
Problem Set #3 is available.
2-14-2008
Problem Set #1 Solutions posted.
2-13-2008
Problem Set #2 is available.
2-5-2008
The Lecture Notes on Probability are available.
Problem Set #1 is available.
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