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Geometry and Topology in Hamiltonian Dynamics and Statistical Mechanics - Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics Marco Pettini Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007 edition
Geometry and Topology in Hamiltonian Dynamics and Statistical Mechanics - Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics
Marco Pettini
This book covers a new explanation of the origin of Hamiltonian chaos and its quantitative characterization. and a topological theory of thermodynamic phase transitions, relating topology changes of microscopic configuration space with the generation of singularities of thermodynamic observables.
456 pages, 91 black & white illustrations, biography
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 23, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9781441921642 |
| Publishers | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Pages | 456 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 24 mm · 653 g |
| Language | English |