TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ruelle,David
TI  - Thermodynamic formalism: the mathematical structures of equilibrium statistical mechanics 
T2  - Cambridge mathematical library
SN  - 9780511617546 (ebook)
AV  - QC174.86.C6 R83 2004
U1  - 530.13 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Statistical mechanics
KW  - Lattice theory
KW  - Thermodynamics
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
N2  - Reissued in the Cambridge Mathematical Library this classic book outlines the theory of thermodynamic formalism which was developed to describe the properties of certain physical systems consisting of a large number of subunits. It is aimed at mathematicians interested in ergodic theory, topological dynamics, constructive quantum field theory, the study of certain differentiable dynamical systems, notably Anosov diffeomorphisms and flows. It is also of interest to theoretical physicists concerned with the conceptual basis of equilibrium statistical mechanics. The level of the presentation is generally advanced, the objective being to provide an efficient research tool and a text for use in graduate teaching. Background material on mathematics has been collected in appendices to help the reader. Extra material is given in the form of updates of problems that were open at the original time of writing and as a new preface specially written for this new edition by the author
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511617546
ER  -