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Semiclassical analysis, Witten Laplacians, and statistical mechanics

By Bernard Helffer

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific
Year
2002
ISBN
9789812380982, 981-238-098-1
LCC
QC174.86.C6 H45 2002
Open Library ID
OL3703507M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5642254 bytes)
Series
Series on partial differential equations and applications 1
Pages
190\190
Topic
Physics
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

This important book explains how the technique of Witten Laplacians may be useful in statistical mechanics. It considers the problem of analyzing the decay of correlations, after presenting its origin in statistical mechanics. In addition, it compares the Witten Laplacian approach with other techniques, such as the transfer matrix approach and its semiclassical analysis. The author concludes by providing a complete proof of the uniform Log-Sobolev inequality.

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