Reconceptualising equilibrium in Boltzmannian statistical mechanics and characterising its existence

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2014.12.002zbMath1307.82009arXiv1510.02260OpenAlexW2113437367MaRDI QIDQ2261514

Charlotte Werndl, Roman Frigg

Publication date: 6 March 2015

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://arxiv.org/abs/1510.02260

zbMATH Keywords

ergodicityequilibriumstatistical mechanicsBoltzmannapproach to equilibriummacro-states

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ergodic theorems, spectral theory, Markov operators (37A30) Stochastic methods applied to problems in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B31) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03) Physics (00A79) Boltzmann equations (35Q20)

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