Questions tagged [statistical-mechanics]
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When did the name “Boltzmann constant” prevail, and how?
This question is prompted by (comments at) another one. There, I was surprised to find that despite traditional claims to the contrary, Boltzmann himself did once write his formula $S=k\log W$:
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That’s in his book (1898, §61, p. 172),…
Francois Ziegler
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History of XY model - Plane Rotator model
I would like to find out more about the history of the XY model. While for the Ising and Potts model it is easy to find information, it's quite difficult for me to understand when and where the XY model (or the plane rotator model) was first…
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Who was first to prove the Boltzman H-theorem for the Landau kinetic equation?
Who has proved Boltzmann's H-theorem (which tells that entropy of a closed system grows as the system approaches thermal equilibrium) for the kinetic equation with Landau collisions operator? One proof is provided by F. Hinton in 1st volume of…
Igor Kotelnikov
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