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arxiv: 0804.0399 · v1 · submitted 2008-04-02 · ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech

A Field Guide to Recent Work on the Foundations of Statistical Mechanics

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This is an extensive review of recent work on the foundations of statistical mechanics. Subject matters discussed include: interpretation of probability, typicality, recurrence, reversibility, ergodicity, mixing, coarse graining, past hypothesis, reductionism, phase average, thermodynamic limit, interventionism, entropy.

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