Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics

Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics

Josiah Willard Gibbs, American theoretical physicist, chemist, and mathematician (1839-1903)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Preface

- Chapter I. General Notions. The Principle Of Conservation Of Extension In Phase

- Elementary Principles In Statistical Mechanics

- General Notions. The Principle Of Conservation Of Extension-in-phase.

- Application Of The Principle Of Conservation Of Extension In Phase To The Theory Of Errors

- Application Of The Principle Of Conservation Of Extension-in-phase To The Theory Of Errors

- Application Of The Principle Of Conservation Of Extension-in-phase To The Integration Of The Differential Equations Of Motion

- Application Of The Principle Of Conservation Of Extension-in-phase To The Integration Of The Differential Equations Of Motion

- On The Distribution In Phase Called Canonical, In Which The Index Of Probability Is A Linear Function Of The Energy

- On The Distribution-in-phase Called Canonical, In Which The Index Of Probability Is A Linear Function Of The Energy

- Average Values In A Canonical Ensemble Of Systems

- Extension In Configuration And Extension In Velocity

- Farther Discussion Of Averages In A Canonical Ensemble Of Systems

- On Certain Important Functions Of The Energies Of A System

- The Function Φ And The Canonical Distribution

- On A Distribution In Phase Called Microcanonical In Which All The Systems Have The Same Energy

- Maximum And Minimum Properties Of Various Distributions In Phase

- On The Motion Of Systems And Ensembles Of Systems Through Long Periods Of Time

- Effect Of Various Processes On An Ensemble Of Systems

- Discussion Of Thermodynamic Analogies

- Systems Composed Of Molecules