Statistical Mechanics and Fractals

This book is composed of two texts, by R. L. Dobrushin and S.
Kusuoka, each representing the content of a course of
lectures given by the authors. They are pitched at graduate
student level and are thus very accessible introductions to
their respective subjects for students and non specialists.
CONTENTS: R. L. Dobrushin: On the Way to the Mathematical
Foundations of Statistical Mechanics. - S. Kusuoka: Diffusion
Processes on Nested Fractals.

On the way to the mathematical foundations of statistical mechanics. - Lecture on diffusion processes on nested fractals.