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cond-mat.stat-mech2016★ 4 cited
Finite thermal reservoirs and the canonical distribution
William Griffin, Michael Matty, Robert H. Swendsen
The microcanonical ensemble has long been a starting point for the development of thermodynamics from statistical mechanics. However, this approach presents two problems. First, it…
cond-mat.stat-mech2016★ 11 cited
The definition of the thermodynamic entropy in statistical mechanics
Robert H. Swendsen
A definition of the thermodynamic entropy based on the time-dependent probability distribution of the macroscopic variables is developed. When a constraint in a composite system is…