Ya. G. Sinai

I︠A︡kov Grigorʹevich Sinaĭ

Dynamical systems and statistical mechanics have been developing in close interaction during the past decade, and the papers in this book attest to the productiveness of this interaction. The first paper in the collection contains a new result in the theory of quantum chaos, a burgeoning line of inquiry which combines mathematics and physics and which is likely in time to produce many new connections and applications. Another paper, related to the renormalization group method for the study of maps of the circle with singularities due to a jump in the derivative, demonstrates that the fixed point of the renormgroup can in this case be sufficiently described. In certain situations, the renormgroup methods work better than the traditional KAM method. Other topics covered include: thermodynamic formalism for certain infinite-dimensional dynamical systems, numerical simulation of dynamical systems with hyperbolic behaviour, periodic points of holomorphic maps, the theory of random media, statistical properties of the leading eigenvalue in matrix ensembles of large dimension, spectral properties of the one-dimensional Schrodinger operator. This volume will appeal to many readers, as it covers a broad range of topics and presents a view of some of the frontier research in the Soviet Union today.

From the Seminar on Statistical Physics Held at Moscow State University by Ya. G. Sinaĭ

Dynamical Systems and Statistical Mechanics

Yakov G. Sinai

Leonid Koralov

Âkov Grigor'evič Sinaj

A one-year course in probability theory and the theory of random processes, taught at Princeton University to undergraduate and graduate students, forms the core of this book. It provides a comprehensive and self-contained exposition of classical probability theory and the theory of random processes. The book includes detailed discussion of Lebesgue integration, Markov chains, random walks, laws of large numbers, limit theorems, and their relation to Renormalization Group theory. It also includes the theory of stationary random processes, martingales, generalized random processes, and Brownian motion.

Theory of Probability and Random Processes

This book is an excellent introduction to probability theory for students who have some general experience from university-level mathematics, in particular, analysis. It would be suitable for reading in conjunction with a second or third year course in probability theory. Besides the standard material, the author has included sections on special topics, for example percolation and statistical mechanics, which are direct applications of the theory.

I︠A︡kov Grigorʹevich Sinaĭ

About

Books

Join the club