Boltzmann distribution and market temperature

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 383, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 513-518

  Kleinert, H ^a   Chen, X J ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Nomura   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); GRAPHIC METHODS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; VAPORIZATION;

BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION; BOLTZMANN STATISTICS; MARKET TEMPERATURE;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

EID: 34447097715     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2007.04.101     Document Type: Article

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