Thermodynamic Formalism: The Mathematical Structure of by David Ruelle

By David Ruelle

Reissued within the Cambridge Mathematical Library this vintage booklet outlines the speculation of thermodynamic formalism which was once built to explain the homes of convinced actual platforms together with various subunits. it truly is geared toward mathematicians attracted to ergodic conception, topological dynamics, positive quantum box thought, the examine of convinced differentiable dynamical structures, particularly Anosov diffeomorphisms and flows. it's also of curiosity to theoretical physicists occupied with the conceptual foundation of equilibrium statistical mechanics. the extent of the presentation is mostly complex, the target being to supply a good study device and a textual content to be used in graduate educating. historical past fabric on arithmetic has been accumulated in appendices to aid the reader. additional fabric is given within the kind of updates of difficulties that have been open on the unique time of writing and as a brand new preface specifically written for this re-creation via the author.

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