Entropy, large deviations, and statistical mechanics

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Entropy, large deviations, and statistical mechanics

Richard S. Ellis

(Classics in mathematics)

Springer, c2006

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Originally published in the series "Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, v. 271"

"Reprint of the 1985 edition"

Includes bibliographical references (p. [338]-351) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

From the reviews: "... Each chapter of the book is followed by a notes section and by a problems section. There are over 100 problems, many of which have hints. The book may be recommended as a text, it provides a completly self-contained reading ..." --S. Pogosian in Zentralblatt fur Mathematik

Table of Contents

Large Deviations and Statistical Mechanics.- to Large Deviations.- Large Deviation Property and Asymptotics of Integrals.- Large Deviations and the Discrete Ideal Gas.- Ferromagnetic Models on ?.- Magnetic Models on ?D and on the Circle.- Convexity and Proofs of Large Deviation Theorems.- Convex Functions and the Legendre-Fenchel Transform.- Large Deviations for Random Vectors.- Level-2 Large Deviations for I.I.D. Random Vectors.- Level-3 Large Deviations for I.I.D. Random Vectors.

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