scientific article

zbMath1033.82001MaRDI QIDQ3149248

Gérard G. Emch, Chuang Liu

Publication date: 25 September 2002

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zbMATH Keywords

entropythermodynamicsphase transitionsrenormalizationalgorithmic complexityscalingstatistical mechanicsrandomnessrecursive functionsthermostatics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to statistical mechanics (82-02) Foundations of thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A05) Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03) Foundations of time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C03) Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B40) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to classical thermodynamics (80-02)

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