- Docente: Vincenzo Grecchi
- Credits: 6
- SSD: MAT/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Mathematics (cod. 8208)
Course contents
Elements of Thermodynamics. Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics:
The Lorentz gas and the linear transport
equation. Boltzmann transport equation. The H-Theorem. The Maxwell
distribution. Equilibrium
Statistical Mechanics: The perfect gas thermodynamics. The Gibbs
canonical measures. The Ising model. The mean field model for the
permanent magnet. Dynamical systems. Ergodic and
mixing systems. Continued fraction. Entropy of the
dynamical systems. Quantum Mechanics: a Historical
introduction. The states and the Hilbert spaces. The single
and the double wells. The elementary theory of scattering.
Metastable states. The Hydrogen atom.
Readings/Bibliography
Notes sent to students by mail.
Assessment methods
The oral exam deals with two subjects, one of them chosen by the student.
Office hours
See the website of Vincenzo Grecchi