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OverviewThe purpose of this textbook is to bring together, in a self-contained introductory form, the scattered material in the field of stochastic processes and statistical physics. It offers the opportunity of being acquainted with stochastic, kinetic and nonequilibrium processes. Although the research techniques in these areas have become standard procedures, they are not usually taught in the normal courses on statistical physics. For students of physics in their last year and graduate students who wish to gain an invaluable introduction on the above subjects, this book is a necessary tool. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Horacio Sergio Wio (Univ De Cantabria & Csic, Spain)Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Volume: 10 ISBN: 9789810215712ISBN 10: 9810215711 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 01 February 1994 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPart 1 Stochastic processes and the master equation: stochastic processes; Markovian processes; master equations; Kramers Moyal expansion; Brownian motion, Langevian and Fokker-Planck equations. Part 2 Distribution, BBGKY hierarchy, density operator: probability density as a fluid; BBGKY hierarchy; microscopic balance equations; density operator. Part 3 Linear nonequilibrium thermodynamics and onsager relations: onsager regretion to equilibrium hipotesis; onsager relations; minimum production of entropy. Part 4 Linear response theory, fluctuation-disipation theorem: correlation functions - definitions and properties; linear response theory; fluctuation-disipation theorem. Part 5 Instabilities and far from equilibrium phase-transitions: instabilities, bifurcations, limit circles; noise induced transitions; pattern formation - reaction-diffusion; pattern propagation.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |