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Ivan Wilde
King's College, London (retired)
Reference #
OMN:202311.111393

Attributes

Posted date
2023-12-30 05:08:13
Revised date
2023-12-30 05:08:13
Level
   Undergraduate
   Graduate
Notes type
   Topics Course
Topic
   Mathematical Physics
      Statistical Physics

A Careful Introduction to Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics - with mathematics in mind

The aim of these notes is to provide a carefully reasoned presentation of the basic ideas of the subject so that they may be more appealing to mathematics students than is often the case.

Course Notes and Supplementary Material (PDF format)

TypeFile (Size)Date
Course notes v1 PDF (1.1M) 12/30/23