David P. Ruelle (born August 201935) is a Belgian-French mathematical physicist. He has worked on statistical physics and dynamical systems. With Floris Takens he coined the term strange attractor, and founded a new theory of turbulence.

He had a permanent position at IHES. His important books are:

• (1969) Statistical Mechanics: Rigorous Results, World Scientific
• (1978) Thermodynamic formalism : the mathematical structures of classical equilibrium statistical mechanics, Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0201135043.; (1984) Cambridge: University Press ISBN 0521302250. 2e (2004) Cambridge: University Press ISBN 0521546494
• (1991) Chance and Chaos, Princeton University Press

See also

• Ruelle-Takens scenario
• Transfer operator
• Ruelle zeta-function
• Dobrushin-Lanford-Ruelle equations
• Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen measure
• Haag-Ruelle scattering theory

1935 births | Living people | 20th century mathematicians | Inductees of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit

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