In defense of Gibbs and the traditional definition of the entropy of distinguishable particles

Entropy

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1936-1945

  Nagle, John F ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distinguishable particles; Entropy; Gibbs; Information

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956415604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e12081936     Document Type: Article

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