Cost of s-fold decisions in exact Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 365, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 142-149

  Niven, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Combinatorial; Entropy; Information theory; Maxwell's demon; Measurement problem; Statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN'S PRINCIPLE; BOSE-EINSTEIN STATISTICS; FERMI-DIRAC STATISTICS; MAXWELL'S DEMON; QUANTIZATION EFFECTS; STIRLING APPROXIMATION;

INFORMATION THEORY; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

ENTROPY;

EID: 33645981909     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.01.021     Document Type: Article

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