Statistical Mechanics: Selecta Of Elliott H. Lieb
by E.H. Lieb /
2010 / English / PDF
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Statistical Physics one of the ambitious goals is to
derive rigorously, from statistical mechanics, the thermodynamic
properties of models with realistic forces. Elliott Lieb is a
mathematical physicist who meets the challenge of statistical
mechanics head on, taking nothing for granted and not being content
until the purported consequences have been shown, by rigorous
analysis, to follow from the premises. The present volume contains
a selection of his contributions to the field, in particular papers
dealing with general properties of Coulomb systems, phase
transitions in systems with a continuous symmetry, lattice
crystals, and entropy inequalities. It also includes work on
classical thermodynamics, a discipline that, despite many claims to
the contrary, is logically independent of statistical mechanics and
deserves a rigorous and unambiguous foundation of its own. The
articles in this volume have been carefully annotated by
the editors.
one of the ambitious goals is to
derive rigorously, from statistical mechanics, the thermodynamic
properties of models with realistic forces. Elliott Lieb is a
mathematical physicist who meets the challenge of statistical
mechanics head on, taking nothing for granted and not being content
until the purported consequences have been shown, by rigorous
analysis, to follow from the premises. The present volume contains
a selection of his contributions to the field, in particular papers
dealing with general properties of Coulomb systems, phase
transitions in systems with a continuous symmetry, lattice
crystals, and entropy inequalities. It also includes work on
classical thermodynamics, a discipline that, despite many claims to
the contrary, is logically independent of statistical mechanics and
deserves a rigorous and unambiguous foundation of its own. The
articles in this volume have been carefully annotated by
the editors.
