Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Problem 2.3 on the final

In part (a), the excess entropy should be a function of T and v (or rho), since these are the constant parameters of the canonical ensemble.

In part (b), the term "integral equation" simply means that your final equation that determines rho(x) will contain an integral involving rho(x). "Self-consistent" suggests that one side of this equation will be rho(x) = ....

MSS

Thursday, December 4, 2008

PS9, problem 5c

The problem should indicate that the system is held at T0, not both T0 and P0.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

PS9 correction, again

I meant to say that on problem 4 it should refer to problem 2, not problems 3 or 5.
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Monday, December 1, 2008

TA office hour


I am available at the same time on Thursday.