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

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-47971-8_6MaRDI QIDQ6547656zbMATHFDO

Authors Joshua Luczak, Lena C. Zuchowski

Publication date 30 May 2024

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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Cites work

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3121493 (Why is no real title available?)
• Boltzmann's H-theorem, its discontents, and the birth of statistical mechanics
• Further studies on the thermal equilibrium of gas molecules.
• Talk about toy models
• Über zwei bekannte Einwände gegen das \textit{Boltzmann}sche \(H\)-Theorem.

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