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Large Deviations and Metastability

By Enzo Olivieri , Maria Eulália Vares

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
0521591635, 9780521591638
Google Books ID
8H-J7r3Jb7kC
Open Library ID
OL7747483M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2563699 bytes)
Series
Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications 100
Pages
530\530
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This self-contained account of the main results in large deviation theory includes recent developments and emphasizes the Freidlin-Wentzell results on small random perturbations. Metastability is described on physical grounds, followed by the development of more exacting approaches to its description. The first part of the book then develops such pertinent tools as the theory of large deviations which is used to provide a physically relevant dynamical description of metastability. Written for graduate students, this book affords an excellent route into contemporary research as well.

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