8.044 Statistical Physics I, Spring 2004

Introduction to probability, statistical mechanics, and thermodynamics. Random variables, joint and conditional probability densities, and functions of a random variable. Concepts of macroscopic variables and thermodynamic equilibrium, fundamental assumption of statistical mechanics, microcanonical...

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Main Author: Greytak, Thomas John, 1940-
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Learning Object
Language:en-US
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46318