Online Course Materials for CO904/PX439 2009
Statistical Mechanics of Complex Systems
Lecturer: Ellak Somfai
Syllabus:
Literature:
- J. P. Sethna: Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity
- E. T. Jaynes: Probability theory: The logic of science (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
- Journal papers / book chapter:
- S Ostojic, E Somfai, B Nienhuis; Nature 439, 828 (2006)
(universality of foce networks) - N Burtally, P J King, M R Swift; Science 295, 1877 (2002)
(granular segregation) - T Mullin; Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4741 (2000)
(granular segregation) - S F Edwards, R B S Oakeshott; Physica A 157, 1080 (1989)
(Edwards' ensemble) - S. F. Edwards: The role of entropy in the specification of powder; in: Granular Matter: An Interdisciplinary Approach, 121-140 (ed: A. Mehta, Springer, 1994)
(Edwards' ensemble) - E R Nowak, J B Knight, E Ben-Naim, H M Jaeger, S R Nagel; Phys. Rev. E 57, 1971 (1998)
(Edwards' ensemble: experiment) - M Treiber, A Hennecke, D Helbing; Phys. Rev. E 62, 1805 (2000)
(traffice models) - T Vicsek, A Czirok, E Ben-Jacob, I Cohen, O Shochet; Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 1226 (1995)
(flocking) - A Czirok, H E Stanley, T Vicsek; J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 30, 1375 (1997)
(flocking)
- S Ostojic, E Somfai, B Nienhuis; Nature 439, 828 (2006)
Resources for lectures
- Timetable for lectures (2009 Autumn term, weeks 6-10):
Mon 13-15 D1.07
Complexity Seminar room, Zeeman building
Thu 11-13
D1.07 (except Thu Nov 12: room MA B3.01)
- slides:
granular materials
self-propelled particles
- PX439 past exams
- Lecture notes from 2007: lecture 1-2
Resources for classwork
- Timetable for classwork (2009 Autumn term, weeks 6-10):
Mon 09:30-11:30 D1.07 Complexity seminar room
Thu 14:30-16:30
D1.07 (except Thu Nov 12: room MA B0.13)
- instructions for accessing CSC computers
A good introduction to Linux and programming is
CY900: Foundations in Scientific Computing. See sessions 1-3. - C code for Monte-Carlo exercise:
game1.c, game2.c, histogram.c -