- Series
- Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics Reading Group
- Time
- Monday, September 19, 2016 - 4:30pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
- Location
- Skiles 006
- Speaker
- Rafael de la Llave – School of Mathematics, Georgia Tech
- Organizer
- Rafael de la Llave
We will present the classical formulations (Gibbs, Maxwell, etc.) of the second law of thermodynamics and present the basics of the equilibrium statistical mechanics. The results are all classic and the presentation will be elementary, but we will try to point out some of the more subtle mathematical questions. The main goal of the lectures is to lay the groundwork to proceed to read "J. Dorfman: An introduction to chaos and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics". There will be cookies and some (sugar free) drinks.