Chaotic Dynamics and the Origin of Statistical Laws
- 1 August 1999
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics Today
- Vol. 52 (8) , 39-45
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882777
Abstract
The problem of the foundation of statistical physics emerged with the derivation by Ludwig Boltzmann of a kinetic equation for a gas of molecules that required monotonic growth of entropy. Boltzmann's theory leads to modern thermodynamics, and, for example, to the impossibility of gas spontaneously gathering in one part of a container in the absence of external forces. This result, known as the H‐theorem, met with strong contemporary opposition, especially from mathematician Ernst Zermelo.Keywords
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