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Poincaré recurrence and its implications for statistical physics and the arrow of time
A very important theorem in mathematical physics is Poincaré’s recurrence theorem.
As you recall, this theorem states that given a dynamical system $(M , \phi , \mu)$ with $ \mu M < +\infty$, for ...
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Does it help to learn statistical mechanics in order to learn thermodynamic formalism?
Does it help to learn statistical mechanics or thermodynamics (as in physics or mathematical physics) in order to learn thermodynamic formalism: the study of equilibrium states, Gibbs measure, maximal ...