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This volume is dedicated to the theory of phase transitions and its interdisciplinary aspects. More specifically, the idea is to discuss the notion of the Gibbs state and its use (and limitations) in different applications.

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Author:   Roman Kotecky (Univ Of Warwick, Uk)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
ISBN:  

9789810215026

ISBN 10:   9810215029
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   01 November 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Non-Gibbsian States (A C D van Enter et al.); Fault-Tolerant and Self-Organizing Cellular Automata (P Gacs); Adiabatic Evolution in Quantum Mechanics (A Joye & Ch-Ed Pfister); Stability of Pure Thermodynamic Phases in Quantum Statistics (H Narnhofer); Stereoscopic Vision and Multiscale Gibbsian Fields (D Petritis); Phase Separation and Interfaces for Spin Systems with KAC Potentials (E Presutti); Remarks on the Evolution of the Notion of State in Classical Statistical Mechanics (A S Wightman); Logarithmic Sobolev Inequalities for Gibbs Measures and Applications (B Zegarlinski); Finite Size Effects on Inclined Interfaces in an Ising Ferromagnet (A Ziermann); Gauge Invariance and Universality in Incompressible Quantum Fluids (J Frohlich & U M Studer); Disordered Quantum Spin Systems, Percolation and Contact Processes (A Klein); The (Non-)Gibbsian Nature of Stationary States for Stochastic Dynamics (C Maes). (Part contents).

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