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Introduction to Statistical Physics
- Instructor
- Dr. Mobolaji Williams
- Term
- Summer 2018
- Level
- High School
- What's inside
- 9 problem sets · 3 exams · 9 solutions · 1 lecture note · 28 other files · 5 web pages
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- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Summer 2018, Dr. Mobolaji Williams — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Syllabus
Lecture Notes
11 files
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 1: Introduction to Statistical Physics Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 2: Calculus, Probability, and Combinatorics Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 3: Entropy from Information Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 4: Laws of Thermodynamics Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 5: Free Energy and Order Parameters Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 6: Boltzmann Distribution and Partition Function Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 7: Statistical Physics of the Ideal Gas Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 8: Laplace’s Method and the Mean Field Ising Model Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 9: Model of Dimerization of Single-Stranded DNA Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 10: Simulations in Statistical Physics Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 11: Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics Download
Supplementary Notes
Mathematica Codes
- Coin-Flip Simulation Assignment Download
- Coin-Flip Simulation Solution Download
- Spin Model Simulation Assignment Download
- Spin Model Simulation Solution Download
Problem Sets
17 problem sets
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Problem Set 1 Download
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Problem Set 1 Solutions Download
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Problem Set 2 Download
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Problem Set 2 Solutions Download
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Problem Set 3 Download
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Problem Set 3 Solutions Download
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Problem Set 4 Download
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Problem Set 4 Solutions Download
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Problem Set 5 Download
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Problem Set 5 Challenge Problem Solution Download
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Problem Set 5 Solutions Download
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Problem Set 6 Download
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Problem Set 6 Solutions Download
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Starter Problem Set with Solutions Download
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Workshop Problem Set 1: Taylor Series, Probability, and Combinatorics Download
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Workshop Problem Set 2: Mean-Field Ising Model Download
- RES.8-010 (Summer 2018), Workshop Problem Set 3: Simulating a Spin System Download
Final Exam
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Final Exam Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Final Exam Information Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Final Exam Solutions Download
Other materials from this course
11 files
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 1: Introduction to Statistical Physics Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 2: Calculus, Probability, and Combinatorics Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 3: Entropy from Information Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 4: Laws of Thermodynamics Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 5: Free Energy and Order Parameters Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 6: Boltzmann Distribution and Partition Function Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 7: Statistical Physics of the Ideal Gas Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 8: Laplace’s Method and the Mean Field Ising Model Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 9: Model of Dimerization of Single-Stranded DNA Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 10: Simulations in Statistical Physics Download
- RES.8-010 Introduction to Statistical Physics, Lecture 11: Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics Download
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