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Lecture 1: Collective Behavior, from Particles to Fields Part 1

Lecture 2: Lec 1 (continued); The Landau-Ginzburg Approach Part 1

Lecture 3: The Landau-Ginzburg Approach Part 2

Lecture 4: The Landau-Ginzburg Approach Part 3

Lecture 5: The Landau-Ginzburg Approach Part 4

Lecture 6: The Scaling Hypothesis Part 1

Lecture 7: The Scaling Hypothesis Part 2

Lecture 8: The Scaling Hypothesis Part 3

Lecture 9: Perturbative Renormalization Group Part 1

Lecture 10: Perturbative Renormalization Group Part 2

Lecture 11: Perturbative Renormalization Group Part 3

Lecture 12: Perturbative Renormalization Group Part 4

Lecture 13: Position Space Renormalization Group, Part 1

Lecture 14: Position Space Renormalization Group, Part 2

Lecture 15: Series Expansions Part 1

Lecture 16: Series Expansions Part 2

Lecture 17: Series Expansions Part 3

Lecture 18: Series Expansions Part 4

Lecture 19: Series Expansions Part 5

Lecture 20: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 1

Lecture 21: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 2

Lecture 22: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 3

Lecture 23: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 4

Lecture 24: Dissipative Dynamics

Lecture 25: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 5

Lecture 26: Continuous Spins at Low Temperatures Part 6

Course Info

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Prof. Mehran Kardar

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Physics

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Spring 2014

Level

Graduate

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