Statistical Physics
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Overview
Percolation theory is the study of an idealized random medium in two or more dimensions. The emphasis of this book is upon core mathematical material and the presentation of the shortest and most accessible proofs. Much new material appears in this second edition including dynamic and static renormalization, strict inequalities between critical points, a sketch of the lace expansion, and several essays on related fields and applications.
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"Percolation theory" springs from a model so simple (links dropped randomly onto a lattice) as to have applications to a remarkable variety of topics encountered in the pure and applied sciences. It motivates one to formulate questions which are easy to ask but (typically) formidably difficult to answer. Percolation theory is (like number theory) a fountainhead of good, meaty mathematical problems. In ten lively chapters the author provides luminous expert review of the present state of knowledge (and of ignorance) in the field. Good figures, historical and bibliographic notes, very attractively typeset, printed and bound. (NW) Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
December 1, 2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Pages
460
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9783642084423