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.

Chi tiết về thư mục
Tác giả chính: Olivieri, Enzo, 1945-
Tác giả khác: Vares, Maria Eulália
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Loạt:Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications ; v. 100.
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Mục lục:
  • 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.