Ellis, Richard S. Entropy, large deviations, and statistical mechanics. Reprint of the 1985 edition. (English) Zbl 1102.60087 Classics in Mathematics. Berlin: Springer (ISBN 3-540-29059-1/pbk). xiv, 364 p. (2006). This is a reprint edition of the classical and highly successful book (1985; Zbl 0566.60097). Reviewer: Ilya Pavlyukevich (Berlin) Cited in 2 ReviewsCited in 70 Documents MSC: 60K35 Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory 82B05 Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) 60F10 Large deviations 60-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to probability theory 01A75 Collected or selected works; reprintings or translations of classics 82-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to statistical mechanics Keywords:statistical mechanics; empirical measures; empirical processes; specific free energy; Gibbs variational formula; Ising model of ferromagnetism; Curie-Weiss model; exponential convergence properties of Gibbs states; FKG inequality; ferro-magnetic models; central limit theorem; many body interactions Citations:Zbl 0566.60097 PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{R. S. Ellis}, Entropy, large deviations, and statistical mechanics. Reprint of the 1985 edition. Berlin: Springer (2006; Zbl 1102.60087)