Nonextensive statistical mechanics and its applications. Papers from the IMS winter school on statistical mechanics: nonextensive generalization of Boltzmann-Gibbs statistical mechanics and its applications, Okazaki, Japan, February 15--18, 1999 (Q5954397)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Tsallis, C.}, Nonextensive statistical mechanics and thermodynamics: Historical background and present status, 3-98 [Zbl 0994.82001] \textit{Rajagopal, A. K.}, Quantum density matrix description of nonextensive systems, 99-156 [Zbl 0994.82010] \textit{Plastino, A. R.}, Tsallis theory, the maximum entropy principle, and evolution equations, 157-191 [Zbl 0994.82004] \textit{Andricioaei, I.; Straub, J. E.}, Computational methods for the simulation of classical and quantum many body systems sprung from nonextensive thermostatistics, 193-233 [Zbl 0995.82001] \textit{Abe, S.}, Correlation induced by nonextensivity and the zeroth law of thermodynamics, 237-252 [Zbl 0994.82005] \textit{Naudts, J.; Czachor, M.}, Dynamic and thermodynamic stability of nonextensive systems, 243-252 [Zbl 0994.82007] \textit{Kłos, J.; Kobe, S.}, Generalized simulated annealing algorithms using Tsallis statistics: Application to \(\pm J\) spin glass model, 253-258 [Zbl 0995.82055] \textit{Okamoto, Y.; Hansmann, U. H. E.}, Protein folding simulations by a generalized-ensemble algorithm based on Tsallis statistics, 259-274 [Zbl 0994.82036]