Myrvold, Wayne C. (2016) Steps on the Way to Equilibrium. [Preprint]
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A shift in focus, of the sort recently advocated by David Wallace, towards consideration of work in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics has the potential for far-reaching consequences in the way we think about the foundations of statistical mechanics. In particular, consideration of the approach to equilibrium helps to pick out appropriate equilibrium measures, measures that are picked out by the dynamics as "natural' measures for systems in equilibrium. Consideration of the rationale for using such measures reveals that the scope of their legitimate employment is much more limited than an appeal to a Principle of Indifference would suggest. These points are illustrated by use of a toy model that I call the parabola gadget.
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| Additional Information: | To be published in Daniel Bedingham, Owen Maroney, and Christopher Timpson, eds., Quantum Foundations of Statistical Mechanics (Oxford University Press). | ||||||
| Keywords: | probability, nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, Principle of Indifference, method of arbitrary functions | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
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| Depositing User: | Wayne Myrvold | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 02 Aug 2016 17:34 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2016 17:34 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 12333 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
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| Date: | 1 August 2016 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12333 |
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