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- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES IN STATISTICAL MECHANICS
- CHAPTER I GENERAL NOTIONS. THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF EXTENSION-IN-PHASE
- CHAPTER II APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF EXTENSION-IN-PHASE TO THE THEORY OF ERRORS
- CHAPTER III APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF EXTENSION-IN-PHASE TO THE INTEGRATION OF THE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OF MOTION
- CHAPTER IV ON THE DISTRIBUTION-IN-PHASE CALLED CANONICAL, IN WHICH THE INDEX OF PROBABILITY IS A LINEAR FUNCTION OF THE ENERGY
- CHAPTER V AVERAGE VALUES IN A CANONICAL ENSEMBLE OF SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER VI EXTENSION-IN-CONFIGURATION AND EXTENSION-IN-VELOCITY
- CHAPTER VII FARTHER DISCUSSION OF AVERAGES IN A CANONICAL ENSEMBLE OF SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER VIII ON CERTAIN IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF THE ENERGIES OF A SYSTEM
- CHAPTER IX THE FUNCTION ϕ AND THE CANONICAL DISTRIBUTION
- CHAPTER X ON A DISTRIBUTION IN PHASE CALLED MICROCANONICAL IN WHICH ALL THE SYSTEMS HAVE THE SAME ENERGY
- CHAPTER XI MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM PROPERTIES OF VARIOUS DISTRIBUTIONS IN PHASE
- CHAPTER XII ON THE MOTION OF SYSTEMS AND ENSEMBLES OF SYSTEMS THROUGH LONG PERIODS OF TIME
- CHAPTER XIII EFFECT OF VARIOUS PROCESSES ON AN ENSEMBLE OF SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER XIV DISCUSSION OF THERMODYNAMIC ANALOGIES
CHAPTER IV - ON THE DISTRIBUTION-IN-PHASE CALLED CANONICAL, IN WHICH THE INDEX OF PROBABILITY IS A LINEAR FUNCTION OF THE ENERGY
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES IN STATISTICAL MECHANICS
- CHAPTER I GENERAL NOTIONS. THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF EXTENSION-IN-PHASE
- CHAPTER II APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF EXTENSION-IN-PHASE TO THE THEORY OF ERRORS
- CHAPTER III APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF EXTENSION-IN-PHASE TO THE INTEGRATION OF THE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OF MOTION
- CHAPTER IV ON THE DISTRIBUTION-IN-PHASE CALLED CANONICAL, IN WHICH THE INDEX OF PROBABILITY IS A LINEAR FUNCTION OF THE ENERGY
- CHAPTER V AVERAGE VALUES IN A CANONICAL ENSEMBLE OF SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER VI EXTENSION-IN-CONFIGURATION AND EXTENSION-IN-VELOCITY
- CHAPTER VII FARTHER DISCUSSION OF AVERAGES IN A CANONICAL ENSEMBLE OF SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER VIII ON CERTAIN IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF THE ENERGIES OF A SYSTEM
- CHAPTER IX THE FUNCTION ϕ AND THE CANONICAL DISTRIBUTION
- CHAPTER X ON A DISTRIBUTION IN PHASE CALLED MICROCANONICAL IN WHICH ALL THE SYSTEMS HAVE THE SAME ENERGY
- CHAPTER XI MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM PROPERTIES OF VARIOUS DISTRIBUTIONS IN PHASE
- CHAPTER XII ON THE MOTION OF SYSTEMS AND ENSEMBLES OF SYSTEMS THROUGH LONG PERIODS OF TIME
- CHAPTER XIII EFFECT OF VARIOUS PROCESSES ON AN ENSEMBLE OF SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER XIV DISCUSSION OF THERMODYNAMIC ANALOGIES
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- Elementary Principles in Statistical MechanicsDeveloped with Especial Reference to the Rational Foundation of Thermodynamics, pp. 32 - 45Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1902