8.334: Statistical Mechanics of Fields

Anonymous Comments (Spring 2025)


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From: anonymous-8.334-student@MIT.EDU
Subject: comments on 8.334
Date: April 23, 2025

Are grades for PSET 4 available on the grades page? The announcement states that they are published, but I cannot see them.

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From: anonymous-8.334-student@MIT.EDU
Subject: comments on 8.334
Date: April 16, 2025

For finding the divergence of the correlation length as $T\to 0$, on what basis did we set the T(\ell^*)\sim 1 in one problem and $K(\ell^*)\sim 0?

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Response: For consistency, it would have indeed been better for me to set T(\ell^*)\to\infty. The point is that this would not have changed the functional form of the dependence on T, but would merely change an overall amplitude for the correlation length. The reluctance to have done stems from noting that the RG equation used is itself a low temperature expansion, and should not be accurate when T becomes of the order of one and larger. Of course, this is also true for the RG relation expressed in terms of K\sim 1/T.


From: anonymous-8.334-student@MIT.EDU
Subject: comments on 8.334
Date: April 15, 2025

Does open book mean we can access the book/lecture notes on our laptop? Or should we print them out?

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From: anonymous-8.334-student@MIT.EDU
Subject: comments on 8.334
Date: April 11, 2025

Up to what lecture does the exam cover?

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From: anonymous-8.334-student@MIT.EDU
Subject: comments on 8.334
Date: March 4, 2025

In pset2 problem 1d), is the factor of e in front of the gradient of phi a typo?

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Response: Yes, it is. Now crossed out in PS#2.


8.334 Anonymous Discussions- Spring 2025 - last updated    4/23/25   by M. Kardar