Introduction to Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics Approaching a Complex World /

This book focuses on nonextensive statistical mechanics, a current generalization of Boltzmann-Gibbs (BG) statistical mechanics, one of the greatest monuments of contemporary physics. Conceived more than 130 years ago by Maxwell, Boltzmann and Gibbs, the BG theory exhibits many impressive successes...

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Main Author: Tsallis, Constantino. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
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505 0 # |a Preface -- Historical Background and Physical Motivations -- Learning with Boltzmann-Gibbs Statistical Mechanics -- Generalizing what we Learnt: Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics -- Stochastic Dynamical Foundations of Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics -- Deterministic Dynamical Foundations of Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics -- Generalizing Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics -- Thermodynamical and Non-Thermodynamical Applications -- Final Comments and Perspectives -- Appendix A: Useful Mathematical Formulae -- Appendix B: On the Extensivity of Sq for N correlated Binary Subsystems -- Appendix C: On the Extensivity of Sq for N correlated Ternary Subsystems -- On the Extensivity of Sq for N correlated Continuous Subsystems. 
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