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2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS 4840 - Statistical Mechanics

Credit Hours 3
Prerequisite: MATH 2110  and ENGR 3004  
Description: An introduction to statistical mechanics with an emphasis on deriving bulk properties from probabilistic models. The laws of thermodynamics, entropy, magnetic behavior, heat capacity, Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics are all discussed.