Geometric approach to Hamiltonian dynamics and statistical mechanics

Physics Report

Volumn 337, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 237-341

  Casetti, Lapo ^a   Pettini, Marco ^b,c,e,f   Cohen, E G D ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^c INFM   (Italy)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

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EID: 0346044201     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(00)00069-7     Document Type: Review

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