We review the main aspects of the foundations of statistical mechanics. In particular we explain why many degrees of freedom are necessary, while chaos(in the sense of positive Lyapunov exponents) is only marginally r...We review the main aspects of the foundations of statistical mechanics. In particular we explain why many degrees of freedom are necessary, while chaos(in the sense of positive Lyapunov exponents) is only marginally relevant,for the emergence of statistical laws in macroscopic systems.展开更多
文摘We review the main aspects of the foundations of statistical mechanics. In particular we explain why many degrees of freedom are necessary, while chaos(in the sense of positive Lyapunov exponents) is only marginally relevant,for the emergence of statistical laws in macroscopic systems.
