Download or read book Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications written by Sumiyoshi Abe and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-01-11 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonextensive statistical mechanics is now a rapidly growing field and a new stream in the research of the foundations of statistical mechanics. This generalization of the well-known Boltzmann--Gibbs theory enables the study of systems with long-range interactions, long-term memories or multi-fractal structures. This book consists of a set of self-contained lectures and includes additional contributions where some of the latest developments -- ranging from astro- to biophysics -- are covered. Addressing primarily graduate students and lecturers, this book will also be a useful reference for all researchers working in the field.