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Luc Rey-Bellet, Associate Professor
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Office LGRT 1423J
Phone (413) 545-6020
Fax (413) 545-1801
Email luc <at> math.umass.edu
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Lederle Graduate Research Tower
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-9305
Office Hours: Tu 10:30--12:00, Th 2:45--4:00
Courses  
Evolutionary Game Theory
Math 697EG (TuTh 1:00 - 2:15 pm, LGRT 115)
Education  
Ph.D.University of Geneva, 1998
D.ETH-Zurich, 1994
Research Interests: Probability and mathematical physics
Luc Rey-Bellet studies a variety of problems in in statistical mechanics (both equilibrium and nonequilibrium). Among them are the physical and mathematical properties of non-equilibrium steady states; the theory of large deviaitions and its applications to physical systems (billiards and quantum systems); coarse-graining strategies and numerical schemes for lattice spin systems; evolutionary game theory.
Selected Publications
Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of anharmonic chains coupled to two heat baths at different temperatures (with C.-A. Pillet and J.-P. Eckmann). Commun. Math. Phys. 201, 657-697 (1999).
Exponential convergence to non-equilibrium stationary states in classical statistical mechanics (with L.E. Thomas). Commun. Math. Phys. 225, 305-329 (2002).
Fluctuations of the entropy production in anharmonic chains (with L.E. Thomas). Ann. Henri Poinc. 3 483-502 (2002).
Low regularity solutions to a gently stochastic nonlinear wave equation in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (with L.E. Thomas). Stochastic Process. Appl. 115, 1041-1059 (2005).
Large deviations in quantum lattice systems: One Phase Region (with M. Lenci). J. Stat. Phys. 119 , 715-746 (2005).
Coarse-graining schemes and a posteriori error estimates for stochastic lattice systems (with M. Katsoulakis, P. Plechac, and D. Tsagkarogiannis). ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis 41, 627--660 (2007).
Large deviations in nonuniformly hyperbolic dynamical systems (with L.-S. Young). Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems 28 , 587-612 (2008).



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