Online Course Materials for CO904/PX439
Statistical Mechanics of Complex Systems
Lecturer: Gareth Alexander
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)
- More literature will appear here as we encounter them.
Resources for lectures
- Timetable for lectures (2012 Autumn term, weeks 6-10):
Mon 14-16 D1.07
Complexity Seminar room, Zeeman building
Thu 11-13
D1.07
- Lecture notes:
- Simple in-class notes:
lecture 3
lecture 4
lecture 9-10 - Detailed notes:
lecture 1-2
lecture 3-4
lecture 5-6
lecture 7-8
lecture 10
lecture 11-12
lecture 13 (surface growth), slides
lecture 14 (flocking), slides, movie on youtube
- Simple in-class notes:
- PX439 past exams
Resources for classwork
- Timetable for classwork (2010 Autumn term, weeks 6-10):
Mon 09:30-11:30 D1.07 Complexity seminar room
Thu 14:15-16:00
D1.07
- instructions for accessing CSC computers
A good introduction to Linux and programming is
CY900: Foundations in Scientific Computing. See sessions 1-3
- Problem sheets:
problem sheet 1
problem sheet 2
problem sheet 3
- Example codes:
lissajous.c
koch.c
eden.c