Percolation
2nd Edition
Published on 9. March 2013
XIII, 447 pages
978-3-662-03981-6 (ISBN)
Description
Percolation theory is the study of an idealized random medium in two or more dimensions. The mathematical theory is mature, and continues to give rise to problems of special beauty and difficulty. Percolation is pivotal for studying more complex physical systems exhibiting phase transitions. The emphasis of this book is upon core mathematical material and the presentation of the shortest and most accessible proofs. The book is intended for graduate students and researchers in probability and mathematical physics. Almost no specialist knowledge is assumed. Much new material appears in this second edition, including: dynamic and static renormalization, strict inequalities between critical points, a sketch of the lace expansion, and several essays on related fields and applications.
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Series
Edition
Second Edition 1999
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XIII, 447 p.
File size
34,90 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-662-03981-6 (9783662039816)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-03981-6
Schweitzer Classification
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Content
1 What is Percolation?.- 2 Some Basic Techniques.- 3 Critical Probabilities.- 4 The Number of Open Clusters per Vertex.- 5 Exponential Decay.- 6 The Subcritical Phase.- 7 Dynamic and Static Renormalization.- 8 The Supercritical Phase.- 9 Near the Critical Point: Scaling Theory.- 10 Near the Critical Point: Rigorous Results.- 11 Bond Percolation in Two Dimensions.- 12 Extensions of Percolation.- 13 Percolative Systems.- Appendix I. The Infinite-Volume Limit for Percolation.- Appendix II. The Subadditive Inequality.- List of Notation.- References.- Index of Names.
