BACKGROUND REQUIRED IS:

(a) Calculus - Differentiation, Integration, Differential equations. etc.

(b) Other Math Methods - Vectors, Series, etc.

(c) Quantum Mechanics - Junior level course

(d) Statistical Mechanics - Junior level as for example in "Thermal Physics" by C. Kittel and Kroemer, John Wiley.

SUGGESTED TEXTBOOK:

"An Introduction to Solid State Physics", C. Kittel, 7th Edition, John Wiley, 1996.

OTHER REFERENCES:

(a) Solid State Physics - Problems and Solutions, Mihaly and Martin, John Wiley, 1996

(b) Physical Kinetics, Lifshitz and Pitaevskii, Pergamon Press.

(d)