Boltzmann and Gibbs: an attempted reconciliation

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2004.11.007zbMath1222.82052arXivcond-mat/0401061MaRDI QIDQ640229

David A. Lavis

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: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0401061

zbMATH Keywords

ergodic decomposition; Boltzmann-Gibbs approach to equilibrium

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82C03: Foundations of time-dependent statistical mechanics

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