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Ergodicity, ensembles, irreversibility in Boltzmann and beyond

Giovannni Gallavotti

chao-dynarXiv:chao-dyn/9403004

Abstract

The implications of the original misunderstanding of the etymology of the word "ergodic" are discussed, and the contents of a not too well known paper by Boltzmann are critically examined. The connection with the modern theory of Ruelle is attempted

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