Gibbs’ Paradox in the Light of Newton’s Notion of State
In this letter, it is argued that the correct counting of microstates is obtained from the very beginning when using Newtonian rather than Laplacian state functions, because the former are intrinsically permutation invariant.
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| spelling | doaj.art-efa6c2736e9a4519b8fa6b7af68f1e9d2022-12-22T02:20:35ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002009-09-0111345445610.3390/e11030454Gibbs’ Paradox in the Light of Newton’s Notion of StatePeter EndersIn this letter, it is argued that the correct counting of microstates is obtained from the very beginning when using Newtonian rather than Laplacian state functions, because the former are intrinsically permutation invariant.http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/11/3/454/Gibbs’ paradoxclassical statistical mechanics of indistinguishable particlesstate |
| spellingShingle | Peter Enders Gibbs’ Paradox in the Light of Newton’s Notion of State Entropy Gibbs’ paradox classical statistical mechanics of indistinguishable particles state |
| title | Gibbs’ Paradox in the Light of Newton’s Notion of State |
| title_full | Gibbs’ Paradox in the Light of Newton’s Notion of State |
| title_fullStr | Gibbs’ Paradox in the Light of Newton’s Notion of State |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gibbs’ Paradox in the Light of Newton’s Notion of State |
| title_short | Gibbs’ Paradox in the Light of Newton’s Notion of State |
| title_sort | gibbs paradox in the light of newton s notion of state |
| topic | Gibbs’ paradox classical statistical mechanics of indistinguishable particles state |
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