Research Catalog

Title

Hard ball systems and the Lorentz gas / L.A. Bunimovich... [et al.] ; edited by D. Szász.

Publication

Berlin ; London : Springer, c2000.

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Additional Authors

• Szász, D.
• Bunimovich, L. A.

Description

viii, 458 p. : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.

Series Statement

Encyclopaedia of mathematical sciences, 0938-0396 ; v. 101.

Subjects

• Dynamics
• Hamiltonian systems

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Geometric approach to semi-dispersing billiards / D. Burago, S. Ferleger and A. Kononenko -- On the sequences of collisions among hard spheres in infinite space / T.J. Murphy and E.G.D. Cohen -- Hard ball systems and semi-dispersive billiards / N. Simányi -- Decay of correlations for Lorentz gases and hard balls / N. Chernov and L.-S. Young -- Entropy values and entropy bounds / N. Chernov -- Existence of transport coefficients / L.A. Bunimovich -- Interacting particles / C. Liverani -- Scaling dynamics of a massive piston in an ideal gas / J.L. Lebowitz, J. Piasecki, and Ya. Sinai -- Kinetic theory estimates for the Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy, and the largest Lyapunov exponents for dilute, hard balls gases and for dilute, random Lorentz gases / R. van Zon, H. van Beijeren and J.R. Dorfman -- Simulation of billiards and of hard body fluids / H.A. Posch and R. Hirschl -- Lorentz gas / C.P. Dettmann -- Entropy balance, multibaker maps, and the dynamics of the Lorentz gas / T. Tél and J. Vollmer -- Boltzmann's ergodic hypothesis, a conjecture for centuries? / D. Szász.

Call Number

JSE 02-44

ISBN

3540676201

OCLC

45682627

Title

Hard ball systems and the Lorentz gas / L.A. Bunimovich... [et al.] ; edited by D. Szász.

Imprint

Berlin ; London : Springer, c2000.

Series

Encyclopaedia of mathematical sciences, 0938-0396 ; v. 101. Mathematical physics II

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Szász, D.

Bunimovich, L. A.

Research Call Number

JSE 02-44