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EXACTLY SOLVED MODELS: A JOURNEY IN STATISTICAL MECHANICS
Selected Papers with Commentaries (1963-2008)
edited by Fa Yueh Wu (Northeastern University, USA)
This unique volume provides a comprehensive overview of exactly solved models in statistical mechanics by looking at the scientific achievements of F Y Wu in this and related fields, which span four decades of his career. The book is organized into topics ranging from lattice models in condensed matter physics to graph theory in mathematics, and includes the author’s pioneering contributions. Through insightful commentaries, the author presents an overview of each of the topics and an insider’s look at how crucial developments emerged. With the inclusion of important pedagogical review articles by the author, Exactly Solvable Models is an indispensable learning tool for graduate students, and an essential reference and source book for researchers in physics and mathematics as well as historians of science.
Contents:
- Dimer Statistics
- Vertex Models
- Duality and Gauge Transformations
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The Ising Model
- The Potts Model
- Critical Frontiers of Lattice Models
- Percolations
- Combinatorics and Graph Theory
- Knot Invariants
- Electric Circuit Theory
- The Hubbard Model
- Further Topics
Readership: Graduate students and researchers in physics, mathematics,
chemistry, and material science; historians of science.
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Pub. date: Scheduled Spring 2009 |
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