5/8/24

• There will be no class on Friday 5/10 and Monday 5/13, you can use this time to focus on your Final Projects.
• I will be available in my office on Friday class time if you want to discuss class issues or final project.
• Please complete course evaluation forms; this is important (thank you).

4/29/24

• Grades for the midtern and Problem Sets #1-5 have been posted online.

4/22/24

• Grades for the mid-term test have been posted online.

4/20/24

• Grades for Problem Sets #1-4 have been posted online.

4/15/24

• The class events for this week are the midterm prep reciation (by Seth Musser) on 4/17, and the midterm test on Friday 4/19 in the usual class time (2:30-4pm) and classroom (3-370).
• Solutions to problem sets 1-4 are posted on the web-page for solutions.   Please note that access to this folder requires MIT certificates.
• There was a request to move future recitations to Wednesdays, and I have posted a modified tentative schedule.

4/12/24

• The midterm test will take place on Friday 4/19 in the usual class time (2:30-4pm) and classroom (3-370).
• The material covered spans lectures 1 through 19 (including the nonlinear sigma model)
• Reviewing problems/solutions PS1-PS4, and as posted for recitations 1 through 4 should help your preparation.
• The exam will be Open Book, but looking up material online is not permitted.

4/3/24

• The Final Project proposal is due on Friday 4/5/24.
• Please Email the Final Project proposal (and the proposal itself when due) to  kardarATmitDOTedu

3/26/24

• Grades for Problem Sets #1-3 have been posted online.

3/21/24

• Grades for Problem Sets #1-2 have been posted online.
• Problem set 3 has been updated, with problem 4 made optional.
• There is a persistent problem with html files for lectures 10 and 11; the corresponding pdf files are lec10.pdf and lec11.pdf.

3/3/24

• Message from TA, Seth Musser: "I will be traveling for the next two weeks so we will have virtual office hours instead of having them in 8-320. They will be held on March 7th and 14th in my Zoom room: https://mit.zoom.us/my/swmusser at the usual 2-3pm EST time slot. Normal office hours will resume on March 21st in 8-320."

2/29/24

• Grades for Problem Set #1 have been posted online.

1/1/24

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