Statistical Physics An Advanced Approach with Applications

Statistical Physics An Advanced Approach with Applications / by Josef Honerkamp.

The application of statistical methods to physics is essential. This unique book on statistical physics offers an advanced approach with numerous applications to the modern problems students are confronted with. Therefore the text contains more concepts and methods in statistics than the student wou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Honerkamp, Josef (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1998.
Edition:1st ed. 1998.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Statistical physics.
Dynamical systems.
Condensed matter.
Statistics .
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Statistical Physics Is More than Statistical Mechanics
  • I. Modeling of Statistical Systems
  • 2. Random Variables: Fundamentals of Probability Theory and Statistics
  • 3. Random Variables in State Space: Classical Statistical Mechanics of Fluids
  • 4. Random Fields: Textures and Classical Statistical Mechanics of Spin Systems
  • 5. Time-Dependent Random Variables: Classical Stochastic Processes
  • 6. Quantum Random Systems
  • 7. Changes of External Conditions
  • II. Analysis of Statistical Systems
  • 8. Estimation of Parameters
  • 9. Signal Analysis: Estimation of Spectra
  • 10. Inverse Problems: Estimation of Distributions
  • Appendix: Random Number Generation for Simulating Realizations of Random Variables
  • Problems
  • Hints and Solutions
  • References.

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