國立虎尾科技大學 |

Metastability = a potential-theoretic approach /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Metastability/ by Anton Bovier, Frank den Hollander.
Reminder of title:	a potential-theoretic approach /
Author:	Bovier, Anton.
other author:	Hollander, Frank den.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2015.,
Description:	xxi, 581 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Mathematical physics. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24777-9
ISBN:	9783319247779

Metastability = a potential-theoretic approach /
Bovier, Anton.

Metastabilitya potential-theoretic approach /[electronic resource] :by Anton Bovier, Frank den Hollander. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2015. - xxi, 581 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften,3510072-7830 ;. - Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften ;348..

Part I Introduction -- 1.Background and motivation -- 2.Aims and scopes -- Part II Markov processes 3.Some basic notions from probability theory -- 4.Markov processes in discrete time -- 5.Markov processes in continuous time -- 6.Large deviations -- 7.Potential theory -- Part III Metastability -- 8.Key definitions and basic properties -- 9.Basic techniques -- Part IV Applications: Diffusions with small noise -- 10.Discrete reversible diffusions -- 11.Diffusion processes with gradient drift -- 12.Stochastic partial differential equations -- Part V Applications: Coarse-graining at positive temperatures -- 13.The Curie-Weiss model -- 14.The Curie-Weiss model with a random magnetic field: discrete distributions -- 15.The Curie-Weiss model with random magnetic field: continuous distributions -- Part VI Applications: Lattice systems in small volumes at low temperatures -- 16.Abstract set-up and metastability in the zero-temperature limit -- 17.Glauber dynamics -- 18.Kawasaki dynamics -- Part VII Applications: Lattice systems in large volumes at low temperatures -- 19.Glauber dynamics -- 20.Kawasaki dynamics -- Part VIII Applications: Lattice systems in small volumes at high densities -- 21.The zero-range process -- Part IX Challenges -- 22.Challenges within metastability -- 23.Challenges beyond metastability -- References -- Glossary -- Index.

Metastability is a wide-spread phenomenon in the dynamics of non-linear systems - physical, chemical, biological or economic - subject to the action of temporal random forces typically referred to as noise. This monograph provides a concise presentation of mathematical approach to metastability based on potential theory of reversible Markov processes. The authors shed new light on the metastability phenomenon as a sequence of visits of the path of the process to different metastable sets, and focus on the precise analysis of the respective hitting probabilities and hitting times of these sets. The theory is illustrated with many examples, ranging from finite-state Markov chains, finite-dimensional diffusions and stochastic partial differential equations, via mean-field dynamics with and without disorder, to stochastic spin-flip and particle-hopping dynamics and probabilistic cellular automata, unveiling the common universal features of these systems with respect to their metastable behaviour. The monograph will serve both as comprehensive introduction and as reference for graduate students and researchers interested in metastability.

ISBN: 9783319247779

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-24777-9doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

527831
Mathematical physics.

LC Class. No.: QC20

Dewey Class. No.: 530.15

Metastability = a potential-theoretic approach /
LDR:03561nam a2200337 a 4500 001 839162
003 DE-He213
005 20160527132944.0
006 m d
007 cr nn 008maaau
008 160616s2015 gw s 0 eng d
020 $a 9783319247779 $q (electronic bk.)
020 $a 9783319247755 $q (paper)
024 7 $a 10.1007/978-3-319-24777-9 $2 doi
035 $a 978-3-319-24777-9
040 $a GP $c GP
041 0 $a eng
050 4 $a QC20
072 7 $a PBT $2 bicssc
072 7 $a PBWL $2 bicssc
072 7 $a MAT029000 $2 bisacsh
082 0 4 $a 530.15 $2 23
090 $a QC20 $b .B783 2015
100 1 $a Bovier, Anton. $3 684812
245 1 0 $a Metastability $h [electronic resource] : $b a potential-theoretic approach / $c by Anton Bovier, Frank den Hollander.
260 $a Cham : $c 2015. $b Springer International Publishing : $b Imprint: Springer,
300 $a xxi, 581 p. : $b ill., digital ; $c 24 cm.
490 1 $a Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, $x 0072-7830 ; $v 351
505 0 $a Part I Introduction -- 1.Background and motivation -- 2.Aims and scopes -- Part II Markov processes 3.Some basic notions from probability theory -- 4.Markov processes in discrete time -- 5.Markov processes in continuous time -- 6.Large deviations -- 7.Potential theory -- Part III Metastability -- 8.Key definitions and basic properties -- 9.Basic techniques -- Part IV Applications: Diffusions with small noise -- 10.Discrete reversible diffusions -- 11.Diffusion processes with gradient drift -- 12.Stochastic partial differential equations -- Part V Applications: Coarse-graining at positive temperatures -- 13.The Curie-Weiss model -- 14.The Curie-Weiss model with a random magnetic field: discrete distributions -- 15.The Curie-Weiss model with random magnetic field: continuous distributions -- Part VI Applications: Lattice systems in small volumes at low temperatures -- 16.Abstract set-up and metastability in the zero-temperature limit -- 17.Glauber dynamics -- 18.Kawasaki dynamics -- Part VII Applications: Lattice systems in large volumes at low temperatures -- 19.Glauber dynamics -- 20.Kawasaki dynamics -- Part VIII Applications: Lattice systems in small volumes at high densities -- 21.The zero-range process -- Part IX Challenges -- 22.Challenges within metastability -- 23.Challenges beyond metastability -- References -- Glossary -- Index.
520 $a Metastability is a wide-spread phenomenon in the dynamics of non-linear systems - physical, chemical, biological or economic - subject to the action of temporal random forces typically referred to as noise. This monograph provides a concise presentation of mathematical approach to metastability based on potential theory of reversible Markov processes. The authors shed new light on the metastability phenomenon as a sequence of visits of the path of the process to different metastable sets, and focus on the precise analysis of the respective hitting probabilities and hitting times of these sets. The theory is illustrated with many examples, ranging from finite-state Markov chains, finite-dimensional diffusions and stochastic partial differential equations, via mean-field dynamics with and without disorder, to stochastic spin-flip and particle-hopping dynamics and probabilistic cellular automata, unveiling the common universal features of these systems with respect to their metastable behaviour. The monograph will serve both as comprehensive introduction and as reference for graduate students and researchers interested in metastability.
650 0 $a Mathematical physics. $3 527831
650 0 $a Stability. $3 527666
650 1 4 $a Mathematics. $3 527692
650 2 4 $a Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes. $3 593945
650 2 4 $a Mathematical Physics. $3 786661
650 2 4 $a Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics. $3 768900
700 1 $a Hollander, Frank den. $3 898176
710 2 $a SpringerLink (Online service) $3 593884
773 0 $t Springer eBooks
830 0 $a Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften ; $v 348. $3 1022517
856 4 0 $u http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24777-9
950 $a Mathematics and Statistics (Springer-11649)