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- Title
Poincaré, Poincaré recurrence and the H-theorem: A continued reassessment of Boltzmannian statistical mechanics.
- Abstract
In [C. G. Weaver Found. Phys. 51, 1 (2021)], I showed that Boltzmann's H-theorem does not face a significant threat from the reversibility paradox. I argue that my defense of the H-theorem against that paradox can be used yet again for the purposes of resolving the recurrence paradox without having to endorse heavy-duty statistical assumptions outside of the hypothesis of molecular chaos. As in [C. G. Weaver Found. Phys. 51, 1 (2021)], lessons from the history and foundations of physics reveal precisely how such resolution is achieved.
- Subjects
HISTORY of physics; STATISTICAL mechanics; PARADOX
- Publication
International Journal of Modern Physics B: Condensed Matter Physics; Statistical Physics; Applied Physics, 2022, Vol 36, Issue 23, p1
- ISSN
0217-9792
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S0217979222300055