Approximations of the sum of states by Laplace's method for a system of particles with a finite number of energy levels and application to limit theorems

DOI10.1007/S11040-020-9330-8zbMATH Open1448.82007arXiv1501.06376OpenAlexW3010131193MaRDI QIDQ2310482FDOQ2310482

Authors: Tomasz M. Łapiński 

Publication date: 6 April 2020

Published in: Mathematical Physics, Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a generic system composed of a fixed number of particles distributed over a finite number of energy levels. We make only general assumptions about system's properties and the entropy. System's constraints other than fixed number of particles can be included by appropriate reduction of system's state space. For the entropy we consider three generic cases. It can have a maximum in the interior of system's state space or on the boundary. On the boundary we can have another two cases. There the entropy can increase linearly with increase of the number of particles and in the another case grows slower than linearly. The main results are approximations of system's sum of states using Laplace's method. Estimates of the error terms are also included. As an application, we prove the law of large numbers which yields the most probable state of the system. This state is the one with the maximal entropy. We also find limiting laws for the fluctuations. These laws are different for the considered cases of the entropy. They can be mixtures of Normal, Exponential and Discrete distributions. Explicit rates of convergence are provided for all the theorems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.06376

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zbMATH Keywords

entropycentral limit theoremlaw of large numbersLaplace's methodsystem of particlessum of states

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.) (41A60) Multidimensional problems (41A63) Laplace transform (44A10) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

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