Note on exponential families of distributions

Abstract

We show that an arbitrary probability distribution can be represented in exponential form. In physical contexts, this implies that the equilibrium distribution of any classical or quantum dynamical system is expressible in grand canonical form.

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• Unitarity, ergodicity, and quantum thermodynamics

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