Had we but world enough, and time\dots But we don't!: justifying the thermodynamic and infinite-time limits in statistical mechanics

DOI10.1007/S10701-018-0165-0zbMath1397.82023OpenAlexW2797515586MaRDI QIDQ725493

Patricia Palacios

Publication date: 1 August 2018

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-018-0165-0

zbMATH Keywords

rate of convergencethermodynamic limitphase transitionsapproximationButterfield principleinfinite-time limit

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continuum limits in quantum field theory (81T27) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

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