ICFP Stat Physics 2016 infos
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There will be 15 lectures and tutorial sessions, 8 graded homeworks (50% of the grade), and a written final exam (50%, also). | There will be 15 lectures and tutorial sessions, 8 graded homeworks (50% of the grade), and a written final exam (50%, also). | ||
==Planning== | ==Planning== | ||
- | Lectures and tutorial sessions each Wednesday morning, from 7 September 2016 through 14 December 2016 (Lectures: 8:30 - 9:25 am, 9:35 - 10:30 am; tutorials: 10:45 - 11:40 am, 11:50 am - 12:45 pm). | + | '''Lectures and tutorial sessions''': each Wednesday morning, from 7 September 2016 through 14 December 2016 (Lectures: 8:30 - 9:25 am, 9:35 - 10:30 am; tutorials: 10:45 - 11:40 am, 11:50 am - 12:45 pm). |
- | Final exam: 22 January 2017 8:30 - 12:30 | + | |
+ | '''Final exam''': 22 January 2017 8:30 - 12:30 | ||
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==Localization== | ==Localization== | ||
The course will take place at the Physics Department of Ecole normale supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris. | The course will take place at the Physics Department of Ecole normale supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris. |
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Further infos for the ICFP course
Title of the course
Statistical Physics: Concepts and applications
Scope of the course
This lecture course on statistical mechanics will take students from the foundations of probability theory and statistical inference to the important models and the central concepts and techniques of statistical mechanics. The main focus will be on equilibrium and on classical systems, but we will also treat transport and dissipation, and discuss quantum statistical mechanics for Boson systems and quantum spin models.
Organization, grading
There will be 15 lectures and tutorial sessions, 8 graded homeworks (50% of the grade), and a written final exam (50%, also).
Planning
Lectures and tutorial sessions: each Wednesday morning, from 7 September 2016 through 14 December 2016 (Lectures: 8:30 - 9:25 am, 9:35 - 10:30 am; tutorials: 10:45 - 11:40 am, 11:50 am - 12:45 pm).
Final exam: 22 January 2017 8:30 - 12:30
Localization
The course will take place at the Physics Department of Ecole normale supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris. Lectures: room L357/359, third floor Tutorials: room L357/359, third floor and one other room.
Prerequisites
This course will be self-contained. Some prior exposure to elementary statistical or thermal physics on the undergraduate level may be useful.
Computing requirements
Probability, statistics, and statistical physics are today closely linked to computing. Students should be able to download, run and modify elementary Python programs. Many such programs will be provided, and some will have to be written for the homework sessions.