Ergodic theory, interpretations of probability and the foundations of statistical mechanics

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00027-2MaRDI QIDQ720455zbMATHOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Janneke Van Lith

Publication date 15 October 2011

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/s1355-2198(01)00027-2

zbMATH Keywords

stationarityequilibriumergodic theorystatistical mechanicsinterpretation of probability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03)

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