Laplace's method for Gaussian integrals with an application to statistical mechanics

DOI10.1214/aop/1176993913zbMath0499.60031OpenAlexW2001631071MaRDI QIDQ1171817

Richard S. Ellis, Jay S. Rosen

Publication date: 1982

Published in: The Annals of Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aop/1176993913

zbMATH Keywords

statistical mechanicsGaussian measuresentropy functional

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Large deviations (60F10) Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05) Set functions and measures and integrals in infinite-dimensional spaces (Wiener measure, Gaussian measure, etc.) (28C20)

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