Geometry and Topology in Hamiltonian Dynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Pettini, Marco

ISBN 10: 0387511504 / ISBN 13: 9780387511504

Published by Springer, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Geometry and Topology in Hamiltonian Dynamics and Statistical Mechanics
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387511504
• ISBN 13: 9780387511504
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Background in Physics.- Geometrization of Hamiltonian Dynamics.- Integrability.- Geometry and Chaos.- Geometry of Chaos and Phase Transitions.- Topological Hypothesis on the Origin.- Geometry, Topology and Thermodynamics.- Phase Transitions and Topology: Necessity Theorems.- Phase Transitions and Topology: Exact Results.- Future Developments.

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"The present book is an excellent synthesis of two basic topics in classical applied mathematics: Hamiltonian dynamics, with a special view towards the Hamiltonian chaos, and statistical mechanics, mainly for what concerns phase transition phenomena in systems described by realistic intermolecular or interatomic forces. The perfect conclusion appears in a Foreword written by E.G.D. Cohen: "this book makes a courageous attempt to clarify these fundamental phenomena in a new way.""

-Zentralblatt Math