Introduction to Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics Approaching a Complex World /

• Main Author: Tsallis, Constantino (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

This book focuses on nonextensive statistical mechanics, a current generalization of Boltzmann-Gibbs (BG) statistical mechanics, one of the greatest monuments of contemporary physics. Conceived more than 130 years ago by Maxwell, Boltzmann and Gibbs, the BG theory exhibits many impressive successes...

Table of Contents:

• Basics or How the Theory Works
• Historical Background and Physical Motivations
• Learning with Boltzmann–Gibbs Statistical Mechanics
• Generalizing What We Learnt: Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics
• Foundations or Why the Theory Works
• Stochastic Dynamical Foundations of~Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics
• Deterministic Dynamical Foundations of Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics
• Generalizing Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics
• Applications or What for the Theory Works
• Thermodynamical and Nonthermodynamical Applications
• Last (But Not Least)
• Final Comments and Perspectives.