On Dobrushin's Way. from Probability Theory to Statistical Physics: From Probability Theory to Statistical Physics

by R.A. Minlos (Editor)

Fellow Russian mathematicians discuss and extend the works of Dobrushin (1929-95,), who worked in many areas of mathematics, but had deepest influence on mathematical physics and was one of the founders of the rigorous study of statistical physics. The 15 technical papers are flanked by a short biography and recollections by colleagues and students. The topics include the lower spectral branch of the generator of the stochastic dynamics for the classical Heisenberg model, non-symmetric simple random walks along orbits of ergodic automorphisms, the CramTr transform and large deviations on three- dimensional Lobachevsky space, and dynamics of Ising-spin systems at zero temperature. No index is provided. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

243 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2000

About the author

Robert Adol'fovich Minlos (Роберт Адольфович Минлос), 28 February 1931 – 9 January 2018, was a Soviet and Russian mathematician who has made important contributions to probability theory and mathematical physics. His theorem on the extension of cylindrical measures to Radon measures on the continuous dual of a nuclear space is of fundamental importance in the theory of generalized random processes.

He died on 9 January 2018 at the age of 86.