The problem of ergodicity in statistical mechanics;El problema de la ergodicidad en la mecánica estadística

Critica-Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofia

Volumn 35, Issue 103, 2003, Pages 3-41

  Lombardi, Olimpia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Boltzmann; Gibbs; Irreversibility; Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248819133     PISSN: 00111503     EISSN: 18704905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2003.1000     Document Type: Review

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