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Record Nr.

UNISA996217776803316

Titolo

Large Deviations in Physics [[electronic resource] ] : The Legacy of the Law of Large Numbers / / edited by Angelo Vulpiani, Fabio Cecconi, Massimo Cencini, Andrea Puglisi, Davide Vergni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-642-54251-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 314 p. 58 illus., 18 illus. in color.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 885

Disciplina

530.0285

Soggetti

Mathematical physics

Mechanics

Statistical physics

Dynamical systems

Applied mathematics

Engineering mathematics

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

Classical Mechanics

Complex Systems

Applications of Mathematics

Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Ergodicity – A Basic Concept -- Large Deviations in Statistical Mechanics: Rigorous and Non-Rigorous -- Large Deviation Techniques for Long-Range Interactions -- Fluctuation-Dissipation and Fluctuation Relations: From Equilibrium to Nonequilibrium Phenomena and Back -- Stochastic Fluctuations in Deterministic Systems -- Large Deviation and Disordered Systems -- Large Deviations in Turbulence -- Ergodicity Breaking Challenges Monte Carlo Methods -- Anomalous Diffusion: Deterministic and Stochastic Perspectives -- The Use of Fluctuation Relations for the Analysis of Free-Energy Landscapes.

Sommario/riassunto

This book reviews the basic ideas of the Law of Large Numbers with its



consequences to the deterministic world and the issue of ergodicity. Applications of Large Deviations and their outcomes to Physics are surveyed. The book covers topics encompassing ergodicity and its breaking and the modern applications of Large deviations to equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics, disordered and chaotic systems, and turbulence.