The Mathematical Theory of Thermodynamic Limits: Thomas--Fermi Type Models

by Isabelle Catto, Claude Le Bris, Pierre-Louis Lions

The thermodynamic limit is a mathematical technique for modeling crystals or other macroscopic objects by considering them as infinite periodic arrays of molecules. The technique allows models in solid state physics to be derived directly from models in quantum chemistry. This book presents new results, many previously unpublished, for a large class of models and provides a survey of the mathematics of thermodynamic limit problems. The authors both...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198501617
• ISBN13: 9780198501619
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"