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Anything not covered in official list of PGRE topics?

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 5:52 pm
by AquaLaventry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRE_Physics_Test

E.g.
4. Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics (10%)
laws of thermodynamics
thermodynamic processes
equations of state
ideal gases
kinetic theory
ensembles
statistical concepts and calculation of thermodynamic quantities
thermal expansion and heat transfer
Is there anything in thermo/stat mech that isn't covered in this list?

And same with this:
3. Optics and wave phenomena (9%)
wave properties
superposition
interference
diffraction
geometrical optics
light polarization
Doppler effect
Is there anything in optics/wave phenomena that isn't in this list? And same question for all the other topics.