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Estimation problem in physics or engineering
A Fermi problem, also known as an order-of-magnitude problem, is an estimation problem in physics or engineering education, designed to teach dimensional analysis or approximation of extreme scientific calculations. Fermi problems are usually back-of-the-envelope calculations. Fermi problems typically involve making justified guesses about quantities and their variance or lower and upper bounds. In some cases, order-of-magnitude estimates can also be derived using dimensional analysis. A Fermi estimate is an estimate of an extreme scientific calculation. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Fermi problemA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Magic-Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene as a Topological Heavy Fermion ProblemInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Quantum theory of the electron liquidThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A ?fermi-liquid? description of the Kondo problem at low temperaturesCited 899 times
- Go sideways: Back-of-the-envelope calculationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: GuesstimateA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A ?fermi-liquid? description of the Kondo problem at low temperatures
The Fermi-Pasta-Ulam problem: Paradox turns discovery
The Fermi–Pasta–Ulam problem: Fifty years of progress
Introduction: The Fermi–Pasta–Ulam problem—The first fifty years
The Fermi-Pasta-Ulam Problem and Its Underlying Integrable Dynamics
Black hole tidal problem in the Fermi normal coordinates
The Fermi-Pasta-Ulam Problem: Scaling Laws vs. Initial Conditions
Low-energy chaos in the Fermi - Pasta - Ulam problem
🆕 Influential since 2022
Magic-Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene as a Topological Heavy Fermion Problem
Robust Fermi-Liquid Instabilities in Sign Problem-Free Models
Near-integrable dynamics of the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou problem
Fermi two-atom problem: Nonperturbative approach via relativistic quantum information and algebraic quantum field theory
The anti-Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem in one-dimensional diatomic lattices
📚 Books worth reading
Quantum theory of the electron liquidGabriele F. Giuliani, Giovanni Vignale · 2005- 📕Theory of Interacting Fermi SystemsPhilippe Nozieres · 1997
Interatomic potentialsIan McC Torrens · 1972- 📕Perspectives in many-particle physicsInternational School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" (1992 Varenna, Italy) · 1994
Theory of interacting Fermi systemsPhilippe Nozières · 1997- 📕Some topics in the random-impurity systemYuan-tsun Liu · 1972
- 📕The effect of boundary conditions on transport phenomena of metals and semi-metalsLillian Emily Hartmann · 1966
- 📕Perspectives in many-particle physicsInternational School of Physics 'Enrico Fermi̓ (1992 Varenna, Italy) · 1994
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