Exercises in Statistical Mechanics

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Lennard Susskind's lectures on Statistical Mechanics provide valuable insights into practical calculations, particularly using the partition function for analyzing ideal and weakly interacting gases. The absence of problem sets in these lectures has prompted a request for references to engaging exercises in statistical mechanics. Recommendations for books with good exercises are sought to enhance understanding and practice. Dan Styer's materials are suggested as a helpful resource for this purpose. Engaging with these exercises can deepen comprehension of statistical mechanics concepts.
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I'm enjoying Lennard Susskind's lectures on Statistical mechanics. I've briefly studied this material before, but I've learned a lot about more practical calculations from these lectures: he's used the partition function to derive all sorts of fun expressions, and to analyse the ideal gas and a weakly interacting gas.

However, there are no problem sets associated with these lectures. After watching Susskind analyse these systems so easily, I'd like to try my hand at it myself :) So I'm asking for any references to exercises in statistical mechanics, that aren't too hard but are interesting. Books with particularly good exercises would be great too.

Thanks
 
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