{"product_id":"metastability-anton-bovier-9783319247755","title":"Metastability: A Potential-Theoretic Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis monograph provides a concise presentation of a mathematical approach to metastability, a wide-spread phenomenon in the dynamics of non-linear systems - physical, chemical, biological or economic - subject to the action of temporal random forces typically referred to as noise, based on potential theory of reversible Markov processes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors shed new light on the metastability phenomenon as a sequence of visits of the path of the process to different metastable sets, and focuses on the precise analysis of the respective hitting probabilities and hitting times of these sets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe theory is illustrated with many examples, ranging from finite-state Markov chains, finite-dimensional diffusions and stochastic partial differential equations, via mean-field dynamics with and without disorder, to stochastic spin-flip and particle-hop dynamics and probabilistic cellular automata, unveiling the common universal features of these systems with respect to their metastable behaviour. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe monograph will serve both as comprehensive introduction and as reference for graduate students and researchers interested in metastability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anton Bovier, Frank Den Hollander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3319247751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783319247755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.31d","brand":"Anton Bovier","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43940767138047,"sku":"9783319247755","price":159.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e40ae741-d3ff-4466-a319-53181d0fb2aa.jpg?v=1681449068","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/metastability-anton-bovier-9783319247755","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}