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UNINA9910457231903321 |
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Autore |
Kampen N. G. van |
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Stochastic processes in physics and chemistry [[electronic resource] /] / N.G. van Kampen |
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Amsterdam ; ; London, : Elsevier, 2007 |
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1-281-00388-3 |
9786611003883 |
0-08-047536-1 |
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[3rd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (481 p.) |
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North-Holland personal library |
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Stochastic processes |
Statistical physics |
Chemistry, Physical and theoretical - Statistical methods |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previous ed.: Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1992. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; Stochastic Processes in Physics and Chemistry; Copyright Page; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; ABBREVIATED REFERENCES; PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Chapter I. STOCHASTIC VARIABLES; 1. Definition; 2. Averages; 3. Multivariate distributions; 4. Addition of stochastic variables; 5. Transformation of variables; 6. The Gaussian distribution; 7. The central limit theorem; Chapter II. RANDOM EVENTS; 1. Definition; 2. The Poisson distribution; 3. Alternative description of random events; 4. The inverse formula; 5. The correlation functions |
6. Waiting times7. Factorial correlation functions; Chapter III. STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; 1. Definition; 2. Stochastic processes in physics; 3. Fourier transformation of stationary processes; 4. The hierarchy of distribution functions; 5. The vibrating string and random fields; 6. Branching processes; Chapter IV. MARKOV PROCESSES; 1. The Markov property; 2. The Chapman-Kolmogorov equation; 3. Stationary Markov processes; 4. The extraction of a subensemble; 5. Markov chains; 6. The decay process; Chapter V. THE MASTER EQUATION; 1. Derivation; 2. The class of W-matrices; 3. The long-time limit |
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4. Closed, isolated, physical systems5. The increase of entropy; 6. Proof of detailed balance; 7. Expansion in eigenfunctions; 8. The macroscopic equation; 9. The adjoint equation; 10. Other equations related to the master equation; Chapter VI. ONE-STEP PROCESSES; 1. Definition; the Poisson process; 2. Random walk with continuous time; 3. General properties of one-step processes; 4. Examples of linear one-step processes; 5. Natural boundaries; 6. Solution of linear one-step processes with natural boundaries; 7. Artificial boundaries; 8. Artificial boundaries and normal modes |
9. Nonlinear one-step processesChapter VII. CHEMICAL REACTIONS; 1. Kinematics of chemical reactions; 2. Dynamics of chemical reactions; 3. The stationary solution; 4. Open systems; 5. Unimolecular reactions; 6. Collective systems; 7. Composite Markov processes; Chapter VIII. THE FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION; 1. Introduction; 2. Derivation of the Fokker-Planck equation; 3. Brownian motion; 4. The Rayleigh particle; 5. Application to one-step processes; 6. The multivariate Fokker-PIanck equation; 7. Kramers' equation; Chapter IX. THE LANGEVIN APPROACH; 1. Langevin treatment of Brownian motion |
2. Applications3. Relation to Fokker-Planck equation; 4. The Langevin approach; 5. Discussion of the Itò‚-Stratonovich dilemma; 6. Non-Gaussian white noise; 7. Colored noise; Chapter X. THE EXPANSION OF THE MASTER EQUATION; 1. Introduction to the expansion; 2. General formulation of the expansion method; 3. The emergence of the macroscopic law; 4. The linear noise approximation; 5. Expansion of a multivariate master equation; 6. Higher orders; Chapter XI. THE DIFFUSION TYPE; 1. Master equations of diffusion type; 2. Diffusion in an external field; 3. Diffusion in an inhomogeneous medium |
4. Muitivariate diffusion equation |
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The third edition of Van Kampen's standard work has been revised and updated. The main difference with the second edition is that the contrived application of the quantum master equation in section 6 of chapter XVII has been replaced with a satisfactory treatment of quantum fluctuations. Apart from that throughout the text corrections have been made and a number of references to later developments have been included. From the recent textbooks the following are the most relevant. C.W.Gardiner, Quantum Optics (Springer, Berlin 1991)D.T. Gillespie, Markov Processes (Academic Press, Sa |
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UNINA9910786678703321 |
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Autore |
Kirk John A. <1970-, > |
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Martin Luther King Jr. / / John A. Kirk |
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Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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1-317-87649-0 |
1-138-13100-8 |
1-315-83831-1 |
1-317-87650-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (245 p.) |
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African American civil rights workers |
Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century |
African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century |
Baptists - United States - Clergy |
United States Race relations History 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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First published 2005 by Pearson Education. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Martin Luther King Jr; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: King in Context; 1 Becoming a Leader, 1929-56; Civil Rights in the Mid 1950s; The Origins of the Montgomery Bus Boycott; King's Early Years; The Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA); White Montgomery and the Failure of Compromise; Taking a Stand: The Road to Desegregation; 2 Catching Up, 1956-61; King on the National and the International Stage; The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) |
The 1960 Sit-ins and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)King and the Kennedys; The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the 1961 Freedom Rides; 3 Forming a Strategy, 1961-3; The Albany Movement; King's Defeat in Albany, 1961; King's Defeat in Albany, 1962; Learning from Albany, Preparing for Birmingham; The Birmingham Campaign; Birmingham and the Children's Crusade; 4 Glory Bound, 1963-4; The March on Washington; Back to Birmingham: The Sixteenth Street Church Bombing; The St. Augustine Campaign |
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The 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) and the Nobel Peace PrizeKing and the FBI; 5 A Movement in Transition, 1965-6; The Selma Campaign; Bloody Sunday; King's 'Tuesday Turnaround'; The Selma to Montgomery March, the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the Chicago Campaign; The Meredith March Against Fear and the Rise of Black Power; 6 New Directions, 1966-8; The Chicago Open Housing Marches; King's Defeat in Chicago; King and the Vietnam War; The Poor People's Campaign (PPC); The Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike and King's Assassination |
Conclusion: Martin and the MovementBibliographical Essay; Index |
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Combining the latest insights from KIng biographies and movement histories, this book provides an up-to-date critical analysis of the relationship between King and the wider civil rights movement. Delivering a fresh perspective on the relationship between 'the man and the movement', Kirk argues that it is the interactionbetween national and local movement concerns that is essential to understanding King's leadership and black activism in the 1950s and 1960s. Kirk examines King's strengths and his limitations, and weighs the role that king played in then movement alongside the contribution |
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