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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 2436yesHong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

The fees for the course Understanding Modern Physics III: Simplicity and Complexity is -

HeadAmount in INR
Certificate FeesRs. 2,436

 


The Syllabus

Videos
  • Course Introduction
  • Weekly Introduction
  • Fermat's Principle
  • Functionals
  • Light Propagation Functional
  • Calculation of Functional Extremal
  • Action Principle
  • The Euler-Lagrange Equation
  • Definition of a Symmetry
  • Example: Time Translation Symmetry
  • Conservation Laws
  • Conservation from Time Translation
  • The Hidden Quantum Reality
  • Summary
Assignment
  • III-1

Videos
  • Introduction
  • Elementary Particles
  • Quest for Unification
  • Do We Need Quantum Gravity?
  • The Scale of Quantum Gravity
  • Why is Quantum Gravity Difficult?
  • A Planck Scale Collider?
  • Is the World Made of Strings?
  • Summary
Assignment
  • III-2

Videos
  • Introduction
  • Statistical Entropy
  • Why is there an Arrow of Time?
  • Arrow of Time
  • Other Arrows of Time
  • Maxwell's Demon and the Landauer's Principle
  • Information Content
  • Example and Information Entropy
  • Summary
Assignment
  • III - 3

Videos
  • Introduction
  • Population of Rabbits
  • Logistic Map
  • From Order to Chaos
  • More about Chaos
  • Fractals and Dimensions
  • Fractals in Nature
  • Summary
Assignment
  • III-4

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