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Aug. 28: try to solve the extra problems related to random-walk given at the end of lecture-notes 1

Sept. 2: prepare first part of Ch. 1: (States of a Model System ) Binary model systems; solve the problems and extra problems given at the end of the lecture-notes 3 . Solve also the extra problems related to probabilities at the end of lecture-notes 1.

Sept. 4: prepare second part of Ch.1: (States of a Model System) Average values and Energy of Binary Magnetic systems. Solve the problems and extra problems given at the end of lecture-notes 4.

Sept. 9: prepare first part of Ch. 2 (Entropy and Temperature) Fundamental Assumption, Probability, Thermal Equilibrium and Temperature.

Sept. 11: prepare second part of Ch.2 (Entropy anf Temperature) Entropy, Entropy increase on heat flow, Law of increase of entropy, laws of thermodynamics, Entropy as a logarithm, solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes 5.

Sept. 16: prepare first part of Ch. 3 (Boltzmann Distribution and Helmholtz Free Energy) Boltzmann factor, Pressure. Solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes 6.

Sept. 18: solve the problems from the end of lecture-notes 6!

Sept. 23: prepare second part of Ch. 3 (Boltzmann Distribution and Helmholtz Free Energy) The Helmholtz free energy, Ideal gas: a first look, Energy. Solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes7 .

Sept. 25. Solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes8

Sept. 30: Prepare first part of Ch. 4 (Thermal Radiation and Planck Distribution) Planck distribution function, Planck law and Stefan-Boltzmann law

Oct. 2: Prepare second part of Ch.4 (Thermal Radiation and Planck Distribution) Electrical Noise, Phonons in Solids: Debye theory. Solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes9. Try to solve the problem related to Schottky defects in crystals.

Oct. 7: Prepare first part of Ch. 5 (Chemical Potential and Gibbs Distribution) Definition of the chemical potential. Solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes10.

Oct. 9: Prepare second part of Ch. 5 (Chemical Potential and Gibbs Distribution). Gibbs factor and Gibbs sum. Solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes 11.

Oct. 14: Review Chapters 1-5. Come with questions regarding these chapters. Solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes 12.

Oct. 16: Learn for the mid-semester exam. Prepare one Letter format page with the most important formulas which you do not want to memorize. You can use this page during the exam.

Oct. 28: Prepare first part of Ch. 6 (Ideal Gas), Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein Distribution Function.

Oct. 30: Prepare second part of Ch. 6 (Ideal Gas), Classical Limit. Solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes 13.

Nov. 4: Prepare first part of Ch. 7 (Fermi and Bose Gases), Fermi Gas. Solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes 14.

Nov. 6: Prepare second part of Ch. 7 (Fermi and Bose Gases), Bose Gas. Solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes 15.

Nov. 11: Prepare first part of Ch.8 (Heat and Work), Heat engines: Conversion of heat into work. Solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes 16.

Nov. 13: Prepare second part of Ch.8 (Heat and Work), Heat and work at constant temperature or constant pressure. Solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes 17.

Nov. 18: Prepare Ch. 9 (Gibbs Free Energy and Chemical Reactions). Solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes 18.

Nov. 20: Prepare first part of Ch. 10 (Phase Transformations), Vapor Pressure Equation. Solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes 19.

Nov. 25: Prepare second part of Ch. 10 (Phase Transformations), The van der Waals gas, equation of state, critical points, nucleation. Solve the problems and extra problem from the end of lecture-notes 20.

Dec. 2: Prepare third part of Ch. 10 (Phase Transformations), Landau theory of phase transitions. Solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes 21.

Dec. 5: Read the lecture-notes about phase transitions, try to solve the suggested problems.

Dec. 9: Come with questions regarding the second part of the course. Solve the problems and extra problems from the end of lecture-notes 22