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physics.hist-ph2016
About David Ruelle, after his 80th birthday
Giovanni Gallavotti
This is, with minor modifications, a text read at the 114th Statistical Mechanics meeting, in honor of D.Ruelle and Y.Sinai, at Rutgers, Dec.13-15, 2015. It does not attempt to ana…
cond-mat.stat-mech2016★ 29 cited
Ergodicity: a historical perspective. Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium
Giovanni Gallavotti
A view on the physical meaning of the so called ergodic hypothesis: its role on the foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics in mid '800, its interpretations and hints at i…