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003			ISI Library, Kolkata
005			20161130103856.0
008			141027s2014 nyu 000 0 eng
020			_a9789401794299
040			_aISI Library
082	0	4	_a530.13 _223 _bL413
100	1		_aLavis, David A., _eauthor
245	1	0	_aEquilibrium statistical mechanics of lattice models / _cDavid A. Lavis.
260			_aNew York : _bSpringer, _c2015.
300			_axvii, 793 p. : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
490	0		_aTheoretical and mathematical physics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1. Thermodynamics, 2. Statistical mechanics ; 3. A survey of models ; 4. Phase transitions and scaling theory -- 5. Phenomenological theory and Landau expansions ; 6. Mean-field theory ; 7. Cluster variation methods -- 8. Algebraic methods ; 9. Transformation methods ; 10. Edge-decorated Ising models ; 11. Transfer matrices : incipient phase transitions ; 12. Transfer matrices : exactly solved models ; 13. Dimer models -- 14. Series expansions ; 15. Real-space renormalization group theory -- 16. Graphs and latices ; 17. Algebra ; 18. Analysis.
520			_aMost interesting and difficult problems in equilibrium statistical mechanics concern models which exhibit phase transitions. For graduate students and more experienced researchers this book provides an invaluable reference source of approximate and exact solutions for a comprehensive range of such models.
650		0	_aPhase transformations (Statistical physics)
650		0	_aPhase rule and equilibrium.
650		0	_aLattice theory.
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