E-Book, Englisch, 434 Seiten, eBook
Sornette Critical Phenomena in Natural Sciences
2000
ISBN: 978-3-662-04174-1
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Chaos, Fractals, Selforganization and Disorder: Concepts and Tools
E-Book, Englisch, 434 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Springer Series in Synergetics
ISBN: 978-3-662-04174-1
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
A modern up-to-date introduction for readers outside statistical physics. It puts emphasis on a clear understanding of concepts and methods and provides the tools that can be of immediate use in applications.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Useful Notions of Probability Theory.- 2. Sums of Random Variables, Random Walks and the Central Limit Theorem.- 3. Large Deviations.- 4. Power Law Distributions.- 5. Fractals and Multifractals.- 6. Rank-Ordering Statistics and Heavy Tails.- 7. Statistical Mechanics: Probabilistic Point of View and the Concept of “Temperature”.- 8. Long-Range Correlations.- 9. Phase Transitions: Critical Phenomena and First-Order Transitions.- 10. Transitions, Bifurcations and Precursors.- 11. The Renormalization Group.- 12. The Percolation Model.- 13. Rupture Models.- 14. Mechanisms for Power Laws.- 15. Self-Organized Criticality.- 16. Introduction to the Physics of Random Systems.- 17. Randomness and Long-Range Laplacian Interactions.- References.
