From Hops to Statistical Mechanics

The following sections are included:

• Random Walk in Momentum

• The Diffusion Equation Again

• Time Dependence of Probability

• Time Dependence in Deterministic Case

• Equilibrium Solutions

• Back to Collisions

• From Fokker–Planck to Equilibrium

• Properties of Fokker–Planck Equation

• Reprints on Organization

  • Chao Tang et al.: Phase Organization

  • Bak et al.: Self-Organized Criticality

  • Carlson et al.: Singular Diffusion

  • Jaeger et al.: Experimental Studies