An Introduction to Stochastic Processes in Physics: Containing "on the Theory of Brownian Motion" by Paul Langevin, Translated by Anthony Gythiel (Johns Hopkins Paperback) - Tapa blanda

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Lemons, Don S.

 
9780801868672: An Introduction to Stochastic Processes in Physics: Containing "on the Theory of Brownian Motion" by Paul Langevin, Translated by Anthony Gythiel (Johns Hopkins Paperback)
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ISBN 10: 080186867X ISBN 13: 9780801868672
Editorial: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002

Sinopsis

This book provides an accessible introduction to stochastic processes in physics and describes the basic mathematical tools of the trade: probability, random walks, and Wiener and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes. It includes end-of-chapter problems and emphasizes applications. An Introduction to Stochastic Processes in Physics builds directly upon early-twentieth-century explanations of the "peculiar character in the motions of the particles of pollen in water" as described, in the early nineteenth century, by the biologist Robert Brown. Lemons has adopted Paul Langevin's 1908 approach of applying Newton's second law to a "Brownian particle on which the total force included a random component" to explain Brownian motion. This method builds on Newtonian dynamics and provides an accessible explanation to anyone approaching the subject for the first time. Students will find this book a useful aid to learning the unfamiliar mathematical aspects of stochastic processes while applying them to physical processes that he or she has already encountered.

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Don S. Lemons is a professor of physics at Bethel College and the author of Introduction to Stochastic Processes in Physics, also published by Johns Hopkins.

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Johns Hopkins University Press
Año de publicación
2002
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ISBN 10 
080186867X
ISBN 13 
9780801868672
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9780801868665: An Introduction to Stochastic Processes in Physics: Containing "on the Theory of Brownian Motion" by Paul Langevin, Translated by Anthony Gythiel

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ISBN 10:  0801868661 ISBN 13:  9780801868665
Editorial: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002
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