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* mixed states in quantum mechanics and density matrix,
* proper and improper mixed states in quantum mechanics and the density matrix,
* equilibrium quantum partition function for noninteracting bosons and fermions,
* equilibrium quantum partition function for noninteracting bosons and fermions,
* phase transitions and critical phenomena (with emphasis on magnetic systems),
* phase transitions and critical phenomena (with emphasis on magnetic systems),

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  • proper and improper mixed states in quantum mechanics and the density matrix,
  • equilibrium quantum partition function for noninteracting bosons and fermions,
  • phase transitions and critical phenomena (with emphasis on magnetic systems),
  • mean field theory and renormalization group methods,
  • quantum and classical linear response theory,
  • interacting many-body quantum systems (with emphasis on superfluidity and superconductivity).