This book is composed of two texts, by R.L. Dobrushin and S.
Kusuoka, each representing the content of a course of
lectures given by the authors. They are pitched at graduate
student level and are thus very accessible introductions to
their respective subjects for students and non specialists.
CONTENTS: R.L. Dobrushin: On the Way to the Mathematical
Foundations of Statistical Mechanics.- S. Kusuoka: Diffusion
Processes on Nested Fractals.