The Ehrenfests' use of toy models to explore irreversibility in statistical mechanics

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-47971-8_6zbMATH Open1546.82003MaRDI QIDQ6547656FDOQ6547656

Authors: Joshua Luczak, Lena C. Zuchowski 

Publication date: 30 May 2024

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05) History of statistical mechanics (82-03)

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• Boltzmann's H-theorem, its discontents, and the birth of statistical mechanics
• Talk about toy models
• Über zwei bekannte Einwände gegen das \textit{Boltzmann}sche \(H\)-Theorem.
• Further studies on the thermal equilibrium of gas molecules.

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