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An Introduction to stochastic processes in physics : containing "On the theory of Brownian motion" by Paul Langevin, translated by Anthony Gythiel / Don S. Lemons.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lemons, Don S. (Don Stephen), 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stochastic processes.
- Mathematical physics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (124 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- CHAPTER 1 Random Variables
- CHAPTER 2 Expected Values
- CHAPTER 3 Random Steps
- CHAPTER 4 Continuous Random Variables
- CHAPTER 5 Normal Variable Theorems
- CHAPTER 6 Einstein's Brownian Motion
- CHAPTER 7 Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Processes
- CHAPTER 8 Langevin's Brownian Motion
- CHAPTER 9 Other Physical Processes
- CHAPTER 10 Fluctuations without Dissipation
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-108) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-7638-9
- OCLC:
- 559148724
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