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Lévy Flights and Related Topics in Physics: Proceedings of the International Workshop Held at Nice, France, 27–30 June 1994

By George M. Zaslavsky , A. Tsinober (auth.) , Michael F. Shlesinger , Uriel Frisch (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1995
ISBN
3540592229, 9783540592228
DOI
10.1007/3-540-59222-9
LCC
QC174.7 .L48 1995
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (2796025 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 450
Edition
1
Pages
361\361
Topic
Physics
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Complexity;Thermodynamics;Statistical Physics;Prob

Description

P. Lévy's work on random walks with infinite moments, developed more than half a century ago, has now been fully appreciated as a foundation of probabilistic aspects of fractals and chaos as well as scale-invariant processes. This is the first book for physicists devoted to Lévy processes. It includes thorough review articles on applications in fluid and gas dynamics, in dynamical systems including anomalous diffusion and in statistical mechanics. Various articles approach mathematical problems and finally the volume addresses problems in theoretical biology. The book is introduced by a personal recollection of P. Lévy written by B. Mandelbrot.

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