Lévy flights and related topics in physics
Subtitle: proceedings of the international workshop held at Nice, France, 27-30 June 1994
By: M.F. Shlesinger, G.M. Zaslavsky, U. Frisch (eds.).
Contributors: Shlesinger, Michael F.; Zaslavsky, George M.; Frisch, U. 1940-
Series: Lecture notes in physics ;; 450
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Lévy, Paul, 1886-; Statistical mechanics -- Congresses.; Probabilities -- Congresses.; Fractals -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: P. Lévy's work on random walks with infinite moments, developed more than half a century ago, has now been fully appreciated as a foundation of probabilistic aspects of fractals and chaos as well as scale-invariant processes. This is the first book for physicists devoted to Lévy processes. It includes thorough review articles on applications in fluid and gas dynamics, in dynamical systems including anomalous diffusion and in statistical mechanics. Various articles approach mathematical problems and finally the volume addresses problems in theoretical biology. The book is introduced by a personal recollection of P. Lévy written by B. Mandelbrot.