„Outside of statistical mechanics proper, the thermodynamic formalism and its mathematical methods have now been used extensively in constructive quantum field theory and in the study of certain differentiable dynamical systems (notably Anosov diffeomorphisms and flows).“ (p. 1) #Ruelle #thermodynamic #formalism
Schlagwort-Archive: Ruelle
Ruelle: The states of classical systems
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„For classical systems the states are probability measures on an appropriate space of infinite configurations; such states can also be viewed as linear functionals on an abelian algebra (an algebra of continuous functions in the case of Radon measures).“ (p. 2) #Ruelle #system #states
Ruelle: Phase Transition
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„The main physical problem which equilibrium statistical mechanics tries to clarify is that of phase transitions. When the temperature of water is lowered, why do its properties change first smoothly, then suddenly as the freezing point is reached?“ (p. 1) #Ruelle #PhaseTransition
Ruelle: Le futur
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„Maintenant comme jadis, l’obscurité de notre futur rest insondable, et nous ne savons pas si l’humanité marche vers un futur plus noble, ou vers une autodestruction inévitable.“ (p. 216) #Ruelle #futur #autodestruction