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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQC175.16.P5 _bB53 1977
082	0	0	_a536/.401 _219
100	1		_aBiggs, Norman, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aInteraction models : _bcourse given at Royal Holloway College, University of London, October-December 1976 / _cNorman Biggs.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1977.
300			_a1 online resource (101 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aLondon Mathematical Society lecture note series ; _v30
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aThis book is based on a set of lectures given to a mixed audience of physicists and mathematicians. The desire to be intelligible to both groups is the underlying preoccupation of the author. Physicists nowadays are particularly interested in phase transitions. The typical situation is that a system of interacting particles exhibits an abrupt change of behaviour at a certain temperature, although the local forces between the particles are thought to be smooth functions of temperature. This account discusses the theory behind a simple model of such phenomena. An important tool is the mathematical discipline known as the Theory of Graphs. There are five chapters, each subdivided into sections. The first chapter is intended as a broad introduction to the subject, and it is written in a more informal manner than the rest. Notes and references for each chapter are given at the end of the chapter.
650		0	_aPhase transformations (Statistical physics)
650		0	_aGraph theory.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521217705
830		0	_aLondon Mathematical Society lecture note series ; _v30.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511662126
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