In defense of Gibbs and the traditional definition of the entropy of distinguishable particles

DOI10.3390/E12081936MaRDI QIDQ657490zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John F. Nagle

Publication date 9 January 2012

Published in Entropy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.3390/e12081936

zbMATH Keywords

informationdistinguishable particlesGibbs entropy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03)

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