Critical phenomena in natural sciences : chaos, fractals, selforganization and disorder : concepts and tools
著者
書誌事項
Critical phenomena in natural sciences : chaos, fractals, selforganization and disorder : concepts and tools
（Springer series in synergetics）
Springer, c2000
大学図書館所蔵 全49件
注記
With 89 figures
Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-430) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Concepts, methods and techniques of statistical physics in the study of correlated, as well as uncorrelated, phenomena are being applied ever increasingly in the natural sciences, biology and economics in an attempt to understand and model the large variablity and risks of phenomena. This is the first textbook written by a well-known expert that provides a modern up-to-date introduction for workers outside statistical physics. The emphasis of the book is on a clear understanding of concepts and methods, while it also provides the tools that can be of immediate use in applications. Although this book evolved out of a course for graduate students, it should be of interest to researchers and engineers, as well as to post-doctorates in geophysics and meteorology.
目次
Probability.- Sums of Random Variables, Random Walks and the Central Limit Theorem.- The Stable Laws: Gaussian and Levy Laws.- Power Laws.- Statistical Approach to Hypothesis Testing.- Probabilistic Derivation of Statistical Mechanics: General Introduction of the Concept of "Temperature". The Multifractional Formalism and Improved Method to Correct for Finite Size Effects and Irregular Geometries.- The Rank-Ordering Method for the Determination of Distribution Tails.- Long-Range Correlations.- Critical Phenomena.- Transitions, Bifurcations and Precursors.- The Renormalization Group.- The Percolation Model.- The Branching Model.- Simple Rupture Models.- Directed Percolation.- From Chaos to Spatio-Temporal Chaos to Turbulence.- Scale Invariance and Fractals.- Simple Mechanisms to Generate Power Laws.- SOC.- Levy-Distributions from Random Distributions of Sources with Long-Range Interactions.- Long-Range Forces due to Irregular Arrays of Sources at Boundaries.- Anomalous Relaxation. And much more....
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