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Mathematical methods in classical mechanics, classical and quantum field theory, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, condensed matter, nuclear and atomic physics.

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Can I derive the Boltzmann distribution by an invariance argument?

I'd like to chime in here, as someone with a physics background. I absolutely love the derivation given by Landau in volume 5 on statistical physics, chapter 1. The basic idea is that since the log …
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