Mathematician:David Pierre Ruelle

Mathematician
Belgian mathematical physicist, naturalized French.

Has worked on statistical physics and dynamical systems.

Nationality
Belgian, naturalized French

History

 * Born: 20 August 1935 in Ghent, Belgium

Theorems and Definitions

 * Dobrushin-Lanford-Ruelle Equations (with and )
 * Ruelle-Perron-Frobenius Theorem (with and )


 * Ruelle Zeta Function
 * Haag-Ruelle Scattering Theory (with )
 * Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen Measure (with and )

Publications

 * 1978: Thermodynamic formalism: the mathematical structure of equilibrium statistical mechanics
 * 1989: Chaotic evolution and strange attractors, Vol. 1
 * 1989: Elements of differentiable dynamics and bifurcation theory
 * 1993: Chance and chaos
 * 1995: Turbulence, strange attractors and chaos
 * 1999: Statistical mechanics: Rigorous results
 * 2004: Dynamical zeta functions for piecewise monotone maps of the interval