Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION. Convexity and the Notion of Equilibrium State in Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics ix
4. I. Interactions 1
5. II. Tangent Functionals and the Variational Principle 32
6. III. DLR Equations and KMS Conditions 55
7. IV. Decomposition of States 83
8. V. Approximation by Tangent Functionals: Existence of Phase Transitions 112
9. VI. The Gibbs Phase Rule 130
10. APPENDIX Α. Hausdorff Measure and Dimension 143
11. APPENDIX B. Classical Hard-Core Continuous Systems 153
12. BIBLIOGRAPHY 163
13. INDEX 166
14. Backmatter 168