David Ruelle
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David P. Ruelle (born August 20, 1935) is a Belgian-French mathematical physicist. He has worked on statistical physics and dynamical systems. With Floris Takens he coined the term strange attractor, and founded a new theory of turbulence. In 1986, he received the Boltzmann Medal for his outstanding contributions to statistical mechanics.
He had a permanent position at IHES. His important books are:
- (1969) Statistical Mechanics: Rigorous Results, World Scientific
- (1978) Thermodynamic formalism : the mathematical structures of classical equilibrium statistical mechanics, Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-13504-3.; (1984) Cambridge: University Press ISBN 0-521-30225-0. 2e (2004) Cambridge: University Press ISBN 0-521-54649-4
- (1991) Chance and Chaos, Princeton University Press
[edit] See also
- Ruelle-Takens scenario
- Transfer operator
- Ruelle zeta-function
- Dobrushin-Lanford-Ruelle equations
- Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen measure
- Haag-Ruelle scattering theory
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