Interacting Particle Systems (Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften)

Thomas M. Liggett

ISBN 10: 0387960694 / ISBN 13: 9780387960692

Published by Springer, 1985

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Interacting Particle Systems (Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387960694
• ISBN 13: 9780387960692
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 2 pounds

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Synopsis

At what point in the development of a new field should a book be written about it? This question is seldom easy to answer. In the case of interacting particle systems, important progress continues to be made at a substantial pace. A number of problems which are nearly as old as the subject itself remain open, and new problem areas continue to arise and develop. Thus one might argue that the time is not yet ripe for a book on this subject. On the other hand, this field is now about fifteen years old. Many important of several basic models is problems have been solved and the analysis almost complete. The papers written on this subject number in the hundreds. It has become increasingly difficult for newcomers to master the proliferating literature, and for workers in allied areas to make effective use of it. Thus I have concluded that this is an appropriate time to pause and take stock of the progress made to date. It is my hope that this book will not only provide a useful account of much of this progress, but that it will also help stimulate the future vigorous development of this field.

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"[...] This book presents a complete treatment of a new class of random processes, which have been studied intensively during the last fifteen years. None of this material has ever appeared in book form before. ...The high quality of this work, on a technically difficult subject, makes a fascinating subject and its open problem as accessible as possible. [...]F.L. Spitzer in Mathematical Reviews, 1986

" [...] This book, the first monographic presentation of this important and rapidly developing theory, will prove indispensable to every serious student of stochastics [...]" S. Gacsályi in Publicationes Mathematicae, 1986

"[...] However, it can be said that the author has succeeded in what even experts are seldom able to achieve: To write a clearcut and inspiring book on his favorite subject which meets most, if not all requirements which can be imposed on a comprehensive text on an important new field. The author can be congratulated on his excellent presentation of the theory of interacting particle systems. The book is highly recommended to everyone who works on or is interested in this subject: to probabilists, physicists and theoretical biologists. [...]"
G. Rosenkranz in Methods of Information in Medicine, 1986