Random Fragmentation and Coagulation Processes

Jean Bertoin

ISBN 10: 0521867282 / ISBN 13: 9780521867283

Published by Cambridge University Press, GB, 2006

About this Item

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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Random Fragmentation and Coagulation Processes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521867282
• ISBN 13: 9780521867283
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 600 grams

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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.

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.