Thermodynamics of Chaos and Order |
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| Author:
| Berdichevsky, V. |
| Series title: | Monographs and Surveys in Pure and Applied Mathematics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-582-08734-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1997 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press LLC
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| Imprint: | Chapman & Hall/CRC |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $195.00 |
Book Description:
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The discovery of chaotic motion in low-dimensional systems raised the question: What kind of thermodynamics describes a system if it is neither ergodic nor Hamiltonian or possesses a finite number of degrees of freedom? This Monographs is the first to discuss this question.
The discovery of chaotic motion in low-dimensional systems raised the question: What kind of thermodynamics describes a system if it is neither ergodic nor Hamiltonian or possesses a finite number of degrees of freedom? This Monographs is the first to discuss this question.