Large Deviations in Physics The Legacy of the Law of Large Numbers /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vulpiani, Angelo (Editor), Cecconi, Fabio (Editor), Cencini, Massimo (Editor), Puglisi, Andrea (Editor), Vergni, Davide (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 885
• Subjects: Physics.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Mechanics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Applications of Mathematics.
• Physical Description: XIV, 314 p. 58 illus., 18 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783642542510
• ISSN: 0075-8450 ;

This book reviews the basic ideas of the Law of Large Numbers with its consequences to the deterministic world and the issue of ergodicity. Applications of Large Deviations and their outcomes to Physics are surveyed. The book covers topics encompassing ergodicity and its breaking and the modern applications of Large deviations to equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics, disordered and chaotic systems, and turbulence.