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8.334 Statistical Mechanics II

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Prereq: 8.333
Units: 4-0-8
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Lecture: MWF2.30-4 (4-237)

Second part of a two-subject sequence on statistical mechanics. Explores topics from modern statistical mechanics: the hydrodynamic limit and classical field theories. Phase transitions and broken symmetries: universality, correlation functions, and scaling theory. The renormalization approach to collective phenomena. Dynamic critical behavior. Random systems.
M. Kardar
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