Master equation based formulation of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3897-3932

  Gaveau, Bernard ^a,b   Schulman, L S ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030504974     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.531608     Document Type: Article

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