Random Fragmentation and Coagulation Processes (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, Series Number 102) - Hardcover

Book 37 of 151: Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics

Bertoin, Jean

 
9780521867283: Random Fragmentation and Coagulation Processes (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, Series Number 102)

Synopsis

Fragmentation and coagulation are two natural phenomena that can be observed in many sciences and at a great variety of scales - from, for example, DNA fragmentation to formation of planets by accretion. This book, by the author of the acclaimed Lévy Processes, is the first comprehensive theoretical account of mathematical models for situations where either phenomenon occurs randomly and repeatedly as time passes. This self-contained treatment develops the models in a way that makes recent developments in the field accessible. Each chapter ends with a comments section in which important aspects not discussed in the main part of the text (often because the discussion would have been too technical and/or lengthy) are addressed and precise references are given. Written for readers with a solid background in probability, its careful exposition allows graduate students, as well as working mathematicians, to approach the material with confidence.

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About the Author

Jean Bertoin is Professor of Mathematics at Université Paris VI. His book Lévy Processes was published by Cambridge University Press in 1996.

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