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Mathematical Foundations of Statistical Mechanics From raising the dead andThe translation of this important book brings to the English speaking mathematician and mathematical physicist a thoroughly up to date introduction to statistical mechanics. It offers a precise and mathematically rigorous formulation of the problems of statistical mechanics, as opposed to the non rigorous discussion presented in most other works. It provides analytical tools needed to replace many of the cumbersome concepts and devices commonly used