Statistical mechanics: entropy, order parameters, and complexity
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1. Verfasser: Sethna, James P. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2006
Schriftenreihe:Oxford master series in statistical, computational, and theoretical physics
Oxford master series in physics 14
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-321) and index
What is statistical mechanics? -- Random walks with emergent properties. -- Temperature and equilibrium. -- Phase-space dynamics and ergodicity. -- Entropy. -- Free energies. -- Quantum statistical mechanics. -- Calculation and computation. -- Order parameters, broken symmetry, and topology. -- Correlations, response, and dissipation. -- Abrupt phase transitions. -- Continuous phase transitions. -- Appendix: Fourier methods
Sethna distills the core ideas of statistical mechanics to make room for new advances important to information theory, complexity, and modern biology. He explores everything from chaos through to life at the end of the universe
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xix, 349 p.)
ISBN:0191566217
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