Stochastic Inflation at NNLO

Abstract Stochastic Inflation is an important framework for understanding the physics of de Sitter space and the phenomenology of inflation.In the leading approximation, this approach results in a Fokker-Planck equation that calculates the probability distribution for a light scalar field as a function of time.Despite its successes, the quantum fie

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Accounting and the management of internal interdependencies: 14th century archival sources from the Comune of Siena

The aim of this study is to explore the role that accounting systems effectively played in managing the internal relationships among the various administrative bodies of the Comune (City State) of Siena in the 14th century.This period was characterized by an ever increasing need to monitor economic activities, a need perceived by the Comune with re

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