Topics in Ergodic Theory (Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 3, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780521604901
Subjects: Calculus & mathematical analysis; Science/Mathematics; Mathematics; Calculus; Mathematics / Calculus; Mathematics / General; Algebra - General
First sentence: Statistical mechanics as developed by Gibbs [1], grew out of an attempt to apply systematically probability theory (not yet itself systematised) to conservative mechanical systems with many degrees of freedom.