Remarks on entropy and equilibrium states

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 19-25

  Toscani, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0008429514     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-9659(99)00096-8     Document Type: Article

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