Scaling Limits in Statistical Mechanics and Microstructures in Continuum Mechanics by Errico Presutti
English | PDF | 2009 | 477 Pages | ISBN : 3540733043 | 5 MB
Collective behavior in systems with many components, blow-ups with emergence of microstructures are proofs of the double, continuum and atomistic, nature of macroscopic systems, an issue which has always intrigued scientists and philosophers. Modern technologies have made the question more actual and concrete with recent, remarkable progresses also from a mathematical point of view.