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Eigenpairs of Toeplitz and disordered Toeplitz matrices with a Fisher-Hartwig symbol
Ramis Movassagh, Leo P. Kadanoff
Toeplitz matrices have entries that are constant along diagonals. They model directed transport, are at the heart of correlation function calculations of the two-dimensional Ising…
Kenneth Geddes Wilson (1936-2013)
Leo P. Kadanoff
Wilson was a physicist who changed both the substance and style of theoretical science.
Innovations in Statistical Physics
Leo P. Kadanoff
In 1963-71, a group of people, myself included, formulated and perfected a new approach to physics problems, which eventually came to be known under the names of scaling, universal…
Reflections on Gibbs: From Statistical Physics to the Amistad
Leo P. Kadanoff
This note is based upon a talk given at a celebration in Austin Texas of the achievements of J. Willard Gibbs. J. Willard Gibbs, the younger, was the first American physical scienc…
Entropy is in Flux
Leo P. Kadanoff
The science of thermodynamics was put together in the Nineteenth Century to describe large systems in equilibrium. One part of thermodynamics defines entropy for equilibrium system…
The Early Years of Condensed Matter Physics at Illinois -- in Celebration of the 80th Birth Year of Charles P. Slichter -- Charlie Slichter & the gang at Urbana
Leo P. Kadanoff
The 1950s-- and perhaps also the 1960s-- were very special times for the development of solid-state/condensed-matter physics. The University of Illinois at Urbana was at the center…