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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808880303321

Titolo

Complexity, metastability and nonextensivity [[electronic resource] ] : 31st Workshop of the International School of Solid State Physics, Erice, Sicily, Italy, 20-26 July 2004 / / editors, C. Beck ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2005

ISBN

1-281-89718-3

9786611897185

981-270-155-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (427 p.)

Collana

Science and culture series. Physics ; ; 26

Altri autori (Persone)

BeckChristian

Disciplina

530.4/1

Soggetti

Solid state physics

Stability

Computational complexity

Statistical mechanics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; CONTENTS; General Aspects; Applications in Physics; Granular Media, Glasses and Thrbulence; Applications in Other Sciences; Networks

Sommario/riassunto

A broad introduction and overview of current interdisciplinary studies on complexity, this volume is an ideal starting point for scientists and graduate students who wish to enter the field. The book features a diverse collection of the latest research work not found in a single volume elsewhere. Among the highly regarded contributors to the volume are the 2004 Boltzmann medalists E G D Cohen and H E Stanley; G Parisi, Boltzmann medalist in 1992 and Dirac medalist in 1999; and numerous internationally renowned experts, such as S Abe, F T Arecchi, J-P Bouchaud, A Coniglio, W Ebeling, P Grigolin