The inverse problem in classical statistical mechanics (Q802120)

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    The inverse problem in classical statistical mechanics (English)
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    The question is: can one find an external potential such that a given single particle density corresponds to a canonical or grand canonical distribution? This is not true in quantum mechanics. In the classical case, however, for essentially all systems without hard core interactions, there is a unique external potential which produces only given density.
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    grand canonical distribution
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    systems without hard core interactions
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    external potential
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