Local fluctuations and local observers in equilibrium statistical mechanics

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00022-3zbMath1222.82028WikidataQ126557335 ScholiaQ126557335MaRDI QIDQ720456

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

thermodynamic limitfluctuationsergodic theoryequilibrium distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03)

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