Dynamical theories of Brownian motion / by Edward Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Joseph Edward, 1932- author.

Series:

Mathematical Notes ; 106

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brownian motion processes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (142 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1967]

Summary:

These notes are based on a course of lectures given by Professor Nelson at Princeton during the spring term of 1966. The subject of Brownian motion has long been of interest in mathematical probability. In these lectures, Professor Nelson traces the history of earlier work in Brownian motion, both the mathematical theory, and the natural phenomenon with its physical interpretations. He continues through recent dynamical theories of Brownian motion, and concludes with a discussion of the relevance of these theories to quantum field theory and quantum statistical mechanics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

§1. Apology

§2. Robert Brown

§3. The period before Einstein

§4. Albert Einstein

§5. Derivation of the Wiener process

§6. Gaussian processes

§7. The Wiener integral

§8. A class of stochastic differential equations

§9. The Ornstein-Uhlenbeck theory of Brownian motion

§10. Brownian motion in a force field

§11. Kinematics of stochastic motion

§12. Dynamics of stochastic motion

§13. Kinematics of Markoffian motion

§14. Remarks on quantum mechanics

§15. Brownian motion in the aether

§16. Comparison with quantum mechanics

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691219615

0691219613

OCLC:

1248760300