Why Ergodic Theory Does Not Explain the Success of Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics

DOI10.1093/BJPS/47.1.63MaRDI QIDQ4940978zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John Earman, Miklós Rédei

Publication date 13 March 2000

Published in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/47.1.63

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measure-preserving transformations (28D05) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03)

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