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Chaotic Dynamics and the Origin of Statistical Laws

1999; AIP Publishing; Volume: 52; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1063/1.882777

1945-0699

George M. Zaslavsky,

Quantum Mechanics and Applications

The problem of the foundation of statistical physics emerged with the derivation by Ludwig Boltzmann of a kinetic equation for a gas of molecules that required monotonic growth of entropy. Boltzmann's theory leads to modern thermodynamics, and, for example, to the impossibility of gas spontaneously gathering in one part of a container in the absence of external forces. This result, known as the H-theorem, met with strong contemporary opposition, especially from mathematician Ernst Zermelo.