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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2009-09-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/11/3/454/ |