Download or read book Statistical Mechanics and Fractals written by Roland L. Dobrushin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-11-15 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is composed of two texts, by R.L. Dobrushin and S. Kusuoka, each representing the content of a course of lectures given by the authors. They are pitched at graduate student level and are thus very accessible introductions to their respective subjects for students and non specialists. CONTENTS: R.L. Dobrushin: On the Way to the Mathematical Foundations of Statistical Mechanics.- S. Kusuoka: Diffusion Processes on Nested Fractals.