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The Concept of Probability in Statistical Physics - Y. M. Guttmann

The Concept of Probability in Statistical Physics

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Buch | Softcover
280 Seiten
2007
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-04217-8 (ISBN)
CHF 62,80 inkl. MwSt
This book provides a most systematic study of how to interpret probabilistic assertions in the context of statistical mechanics. It will be of particular interest to philosophers of science, physicists and mathematicians interested in foundational issues, and also to historians of science.
Foundational issues in statistical mechanics and the more general question of how probability is to be understood in the context of physical theories are both areas that have been neglected by philosophers of physics. This book fills an important gap in the literature by providing a most systematic study of how to interpret probabilistic assertions in the context of statistical mechanics. The book explores both subjectivist and objectivist accounts of probability, and takes full measure of work in the foundations of probability theory, in statistical mechanics, and in mathematical theory. It will be of particular interest to philosophers of science, physicists and mathematicians interested in foundational issues, and also to historians of science.

Introduction; 1. The Neo-Laplacian approach to statistical mechanics; 2. Subjectivism and the Ergodic approach; 3. The Haar measure; 4. Measure and topology in statistical mechanics; 5. Three solutions; Appendix I: mathematical preliminaries; Appendix II: on the foundations of probability; Appendix III: probability in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics; Author index; Subject index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 24.9.2007
Reihe/Serie Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision Theory
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 154 x 229 mm
Gewicht 427 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Logik
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Statistik
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Wahrscheinlichkeit / Kombinatorik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Thermodynamik
ISBN-10 0-521-04217-8 / 0521042178
ISBN-13 978-0-521-04217-8 / 9780521042178
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