The coarse-graining approach to statistical mechanics: how blissful is our ignorance?

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00037-5zbMATH Open1222.82029MaRDI QIDQ720478FDOQ720478

Authors: Katinka Ridderbos 

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)

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zbMATH Keywords

entropycoarse-grainingGibbs ensemble approachzeroth law of thermodynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03)

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• Spin Echoes
• Gibbs vs Boltzmann Entropies
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• An Alternative Approach to the Ergodic Problem

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