Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Basic concepts of dynamical systems theory
- 2 Dynamical indicators for chaotic systems: Lyapunov exponents, entropies and beyond
- 3 Coarse graining, entropies and Lyapunov exponents at work
- 4 Foundation of statistical mechanics and dynamical systems
- 5 On the origin of irreversibility
- 6 The role of chaos in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics
- 7 Coarse-graining equations in complex systems
- 8 Renormalization-group approaches
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Basic concepts of dynamical systems theory
- 2 Dynamical indicators for chaotic systems: Lyapunov exponents, entropies and beyond
- 3 Coarse graining, entropies and Lyapunov exponents at work
- 4 Foundation of statistical mechanics and dynamical systems
- 5 On the origin of irreversibility
- 6 The role of chaos in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics
- 7 Coarse-graining equations in complex systems
- 8 Renormalization-group approaches
- Index
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- Chaos and Coarse Graining in Statistical Mechanics , pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008