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• 1. Introduction
• 2. Tools of Physical Measurement
• 2.1 Ideal Gas
• 2.2 Hooke law
• 3. Thermodynamics

• Physics
• Physics begins and ends with experiment.
  But in case you don't have access to a lab, here are some reminders.
• (warm up pictures)
• Oregon virtual lab
• GSU hyperphysics
• 4. Statistical Mechanics
  • Concrete and computable observables
  • The partition function
  • zeros of the partition function (in prep)
  • Interpretation / Exactly solvable models
  • 2D Ising model: result; derivation and analysis
  • Computation: Monte Carlo and perturbation theory
• Links
  • external Algebraic Statistical Mechanics discussion website
• References
• Assorted rough seminar notes/transcripts
  • Diagram algebras in Statistical Mechanics
  • On diagram categories, representation theory and Statistical Mechanics
  • RT meets Statistical Mechanics
  • RT inspired by Statistical Mechanics