About this title: An accessible introduction to stochastic processes in physics which describes the basic mathematical tools of the trade: probability, random walks, and Wiener and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes. It includes end-of-chapter problems and emphasizes applications. The book builds directly upon early-20th-century explanations of the "peculiar character in the motions of the particles of pollen in water" as described, in the early 19th century, by the biologist Robert Brown. Lemons has adopted Paul Langevin's 1908 approach of applying Newton's second law to a "Brownian particle on which the total ...
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Your search:Books»An Introduction to Stochastic Processes in Physics: Containing "On the Theory of Brownian Motion" by Paul Langevin, Translated by Anthony Gythiel(10 available copies)
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Pre
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780801868672ISBN:080186867X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-13:9780801868672ISBN:080186867X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-13:9780801868672ISBN:080186867X
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