Stochastic Mechanics and Stochastic Processes: Proceedings of a Conference held in Swansea, UK, August 4-8, 1986 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics (1325))

The Main Theme Of The Meeting Was To Illustrate The Use Of Stochastic Processes In The Study Of Topological Problems In Quantum Physics And Statistical Mechanics. Much Discussion Of Current Problems Was Generated And There Was A Considerable Amount Of Interaction Between Mathematicians And Physicists. The Papers Presented In The Proceedings Are Essentially Of A Research Nature But Some (lewis, Hudson) Are Introductions Or Surveys. From The Contents: A. Batchelor, A. Truman: On First Hitting Times In Stochastic Mechanics -- E.a. Carlen: Stochastic Mechanics Of Free Scalar Fields. - J.t. Lewis: The Large Deviation Principle In Statistical Mechanics: An Expository Account -- M. Van Den Berg, J.t. Lewis: Limit Theorems For Stochastic Processes Associated With A Boson Gas -- M. Van Den Berg, J.t. Lewis, J. Pule: Large Deviations And The Boson Gas -- M.j. Chappell, K.d. Elworthy: Flows Of Newtonian Diffusions -- D. Williams, N. Steele, A. Truman: Stochastic Mechanics For A Point Source -- Y. Kifer: A Note On Stochastic Models And Expanding Transformations. A. Truman, I.m. Davies, Eds. Includes Bibliographies.