Large Deviations in Physics: The Legacy of the Law of Large Numbers

Curatela

Data di Pubblicazione:

2014

Abstract:

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.

Tipologia CRIS:

01.10 Curatela di numero monografico in rivista

Keywords:

disordered and chaotic system; equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics; ergodicity breaking; fluctuation relations; large deviations

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