Critical phenomena and breaking drops: infinite idealizations in physics

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2004.05.004zbMath1222.82017OpenAlexW2161044685MaRDI QIDQ640227

Robert W. Batterman

Publication date: 17 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/1622/1/infinite2.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

thermodynamic limitcritical phenomenascalingidealizationstheory reduction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Critical phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B27) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03)

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