Probability and phase transition : [proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Probability Theory of Spatial Disorder and Phase Transition, Cambridge, U.K., July 4-16, 1993

this Volume Describes The Current State Of Knowledge Of Random Spatial Processes, Particularly Those Arising In Physics. The Emphasis Is On Survey Articles Which Describe Areas Of Current Interest To Probabilists And Physicists Working On The Probability Theory Of Phase Transition. Special Attention Is Given To Topics Deserving Further Research. The Principal Contributions By Leading Researchers Concern The Mathematical Theory Of Random Walk, Interacting Particle Systems, Percolation, Ising And Potts Models, Spin Glasses, Cellular Automata, Quantum Spin Systems, And Metastability. The Level Of Presentation And Review Is Particularly Suitable For Postgraduate And Postdoctoral Workers In Mathematics And Physics, And For Advanced Specialists In The Probability Theory Of Spatial Disorder And Phase Transition. booknews proceedings Of The July 1993 Nato Asi, Which Was Part Of A Special Six-month Program On Random Spatial Processes At The Isaac Newton Institute Of Cambridge U. Among The Topics In 18 Papers: Shocks In One-dimensional Processes With Drift; Percolative Problems; Mean-field Behavior And The Lace Expansion; Long Time Tails In Physics And Mathematics; Diffusion In Random And Non-linear Pdes; Constructive Methods In Markov Chain Theory; A Stochastic Geometric Approach To Quantum Spin Systems; And Disordered Ising Systems And Random Cluster Representations. No Index. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)