Large Deviations in Physics The Legacy of the Law of Large Numbers
This book reviews the basic ideas of the Law of Large Numbers with its consequences to the deterministic world and the issue of ergodicity. Applications of Large Deviations and their outcomes to Physics are surveyed. The book covers topics encompassing ergodicity and its breaking and the modern appl...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014 |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Physics
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book reviews the basic ideas of the Law of Large Numbers with its consequences to the deterministic world and the issue of ergodicity. Applications of Large Deviations and their outcomes to Physics are surveyed. The book covers topics encompassing ergodicity and its breaking and the modern applications of Large deviations to equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics, disordered and chaotic systems, and turbulence |
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| Physical Description: | XIV, 314 p. 58 illus., 18 illus. in color online resource |
| ISBN: | 9783642542510 |