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Road to Randomness in Physical Systems
Eduardo M.R.A. Engel
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Paperback. Series: Lecture Notes in Statistics. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 279.
There are many ways of introducing the concept of probability in classical, i. e, deter ministic, physics. This work is concerned with one approach, known as "the method of arbitrary funetionJ. " It was put forward by Poincare in 1896 and developed by Hopf in the 1930's. The idea is the following. There is always some uncertainty in our knowledge of both the initial conditions and the values of the physical constants that characterize the evolution of a physical system. A probability density may be used to describe this uncertainty. For many physical systems, dependence on the initial density washes ... Read more
There are many ways of introducing the concept of probability in classical, i. e, deter ministic, physics. This work is concerned with one approach, known as "the method of arbitrary funetionJ. " It was put forward by Poincare in 1896 and developed by Hopf in the 1930's. The idea is the following. There is always some uncertainty in our knowledge of both the initial conditions and the values of the physical constants that characterize the evolution of a physical system. A probability density may be used to describe this uncertainty. For many physical systems, dependence on the initial density washes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
Series
Lecture Notes in Statistics
Number of Pages
155
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387977409
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V9780387977409
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