This book presents a mathematically rigorous approach to the main ideas and phenomena of statistical physics. The introduction addresses the physical motivation

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This concise introduction is geared toward those concerned with solid state or low temperature physics. It presents the principles with simplicity and clarity,

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Phase space, ergodic problems, central limit theorem, dispersion and distribution of sum functions. Chapters include Geometry and Kinematics of the Phase Space;