Boltzmann's ergodic hypothesis, A conjecture for centuries?

Studia Scientiarum Mathematicarum Hungarica

Volumn 31, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 299-322

  Szasz D ^a  

^a ALFRÉD RÉNYI INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Billiards; Boltzmann's ergodic hypothesis; Hard ball systems; Sinai's conjecture

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542574947     PISSN: 00816906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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