Abstract
Fluctuations play a significant role in physical phenomena. In particular, there are important and deep connections between fluctuations at the microscopic level, and the irreversibility exhibited by phenomena at the macroscopic level.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2021 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Balakrishnan, V. (2021). Introduction. In: Elements of Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62233-6_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62233-6_1
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-62232-9
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-62233-6
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)