Maths 279: Mathematics of condensed matter physics, Fall 2021

TuTh 2 PM -- 3:30 PM Evans 35




Professor  Maciej Zworski
email: zworski@math.berkeley.edu
Office: 801 Evans Hall
Office hours: by appointment

Prerequisites:
Some analysis and partial differential equations background.

Recommended Reading:
Some suggestions will appear soon.

Syllabus:
Spectral theory of periodic structures, band theory, magnetic fields and Peierls susbstitution, the Berry phase and Chern numbers, semiclassical approach to the tight binding model, introduction to many-body interactions.