Local fluctuations and local observers in equilibrium statistical mechanics

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00022-3MaRDI QIDQ720456zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Itamar Pitowsky

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)

zbMATH Keywords

ergodic theoryfluctuationsthermodynamic limitequilibrium distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03)

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