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Microstructures and Phase Transitions
Bollettino della Unione matematica italiana, Série 9, Tome 5 (2012) no. 3, pp. 655-688.

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This is a short survey on some recent developments in the theory of phase transitions and microstructures in a mathematically rigorous context. The issue is discussed at the microscopic, mesoscopic and macroscopic levels recalling the most used mathematical techniques, mainly from probability theory and variational calculus. 
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Presutti, Errico. Microstructures and Phase Transitions. Bollettino della Unione matematica italiana, Série 9, Tome 5 (2012) no. 3, pp. 655-688. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/BUMI_2012_9_5_3_a7/

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