Boltzmann

Physics 301 Fall 2020 Schedule


Subject to revision
last modified 07/29/2019 16:58:20



Assignments are due in class, Monday following the assigned week.


Week
#
Special Dates
Chapter
Lecture Notes  
Assignments/Solutions/Readings
Aug 17
1

One
lec1.pdf
ch1: 4,7,12,14,16,17,23,28
for graph in p1.17, do a fit to B in m^3/mole hw1-solutions.pdf
problems-1.pdf  radiation-pressure.pdf
problems-1-solutions.pdf
Aug 24
2


lec2.pdf
ch1: 32,34,36,38,41,45,47,50(a-e),55,56,61,63,66,68 and random walk
in 2D problem p2-compute.pdf 
  problems-2.pdf problems-2-solutions.pdf
hw2-solutions.pdf
Aug 31
3

Two

ch2: 1,2,5(a),9,10,13,16 hw3-solutions.pdf
problems-3.pdf problems-3-solutions.pdf
Sept  7
4
Monday is Labor Day
lec3.pdf
ch2: 18,22,26,28,29,30,32,appendix B15 hw4-solutions.pdf
problems-4.pdf problems-4-solutions.pdf
Sept  14 5

Three
lec4.pdf
ch3: 1,3,10,14,15,16,23,20 hw5-solutions.pdf
for p.3.1, modify program from p2.10 and also plot the ratio of tempertures versus qa problems-5.pdf problems-5-solutions.pdf
Sept  21 6

Four lec5.pdf
lec-extra1.pdf
ch3: 24,25,31,35,37

Sept  28
7
Test 1 Friday Oct 2
No class Monday
Yom Kippur
Five lec6.pdf

test1.pdf
 problems-6.pdf
hw6-solutions.pdf
Oct
5
8
No class Wed.
Fall Break


ch 4: 1,3,10,15,18,23 carnotProb.pdf
problems-7.pdf
Oct
12
9



ch 5: 1,5,8,11,19,20,22,Legendre-Transformation worksheet
hw7-solutions.pdf problems-8.pdf
problems-8-solutions.pdf
Oct
19
10


lec7.pdf
ch 5: 28,30,32,36,37,48,51,52
hw8-solutions.pdf
legendre-transform-solution.pdf problems-9.pdf
Oct 26
11
no class Friday for Yom Kippur
Six
lec8.pdf ch 6:2,3,6,12,15,18,20,23,26,28 and p6-18-plus.pdf
problems-10.pdf hw9-solutions.pdf
problems-10-solutions.pdf
Nov
2
12


lec9.pdf ch 6: 31,36,38,41,44,48,49,52
  hw10-solutions.pdf
problems-11.pdf
problems-11-solutions.pdf
Nov
9
13

Seven

ch 7: 3,8,10,11,18,19,22,23,26,28,29
hw11-solutions.pdf
Nov 16 14



lec9-plus.pdf
lec10.pdf
ch7: 31,33,42,44,48,51(a-e),52,58,63,66,74

Nov 23
15
Test 2 Monday
Th-F Thanksgiving


hw12-solutions.pdf
Nov 30
16


Maxwell-Demon.pdf

hw13-solutions.pdf
Dec
7
17
Exam Week


Friday Dec 11, 10Am-12Noon