Large deviations and metastability /
The book provides a general introduction to the theory of large deviations and a wide overview of the metastable behaviour of stochastic dynamics. Written to be accessible to graduate students, this book provides an excellent route into contemporary research.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications ;
v. 100. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=129297 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 Large deviations: basic results; 2 Small random perturbations of dynamical systems. Basic estimates of Freidlin and Wentzell; 3 Large deviations and statistical mechanics; 4 Metastability. General description. Curie-Weiss model. Contact process; 5 Metastability. Models of Freidlin and Wentzell; 6 Reversible Markov chains in the Freidlin-Wentzell regime; 7 Metastable behaviour for lattice spin models at low temperature; REFERENCES; Index.