Chaotic dynamics, fluctuations, nonequilibrium ensembles.
The ideas and the conceptual steps leading from the ergodic hypothesis for equilibrium statistical mechanics to the chaotic hypothesis for equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics are illustrated. The fluctuation theorem linear law and universal slope prediction for reversible systems is briefly derived. Applications to fluids are briefly alluded to. (c) 1998 American Institute of Physics.
Gallavotti
Giovanni
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Fisica, Universita di Roma, "La Sapienza," 00185 Roma, Italy.