03214nam 22006375 450 991073699370332120251107172602.03-030-87163-09783030871635(eBook)3030871630(eBook)9783030871628(print)10.1007/978-3-030-87163-5(CKB)5470000001298865(MiAaPQ)EBC6796436(Au-PeEL)EBL6796436(OCoLC)1282004508(PPN)258298111(DE-He213)978-3-030-87163-5(EXLCZ)99547000000129886520211030d2021 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLectures on the Mechanical Foundations of Thermodynamics /by Michele Campisi1st ed. 2021.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2021.1 online resource (xv, 91 pages) illustrationsSpringerBriefs in Physics,2191-54313-030-87162-2 Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- The Constitutive Statements of Thermodynamics -- Minimal Mechanical Model of Thermodynamics -- The Microcanonical Ensemble -- The Canonical Ensemble -- The TP Ensemble -- The Grand Canonical Ensemble -- Ensemble (In)-Equivalence -- Bibliography.This brief provides a modern pedagogical exposition of the mechanical approach to statistical mechanics initiated by Boltzmann with his early works (1866-1871). Despite the later contribution by Helmholtz, Boltzmann himself (1884-1887), Gibbs, P. Hertz, and Einstein, the mechanical approach remained almost unknown to the modern reader, in favour of the celebrated combinatorial approach, developed by Boltzmann himself during his probabilistic turn (1876-1884). The brief constitutes an ideal continuation of a graduate course of classical mechanics and requires knowledge of basic calculus in many dimension (including differential forms), thermodynamics, probability theory, besides Hamiltonian mechanics. The cornerstone of the whole presentation is the ergodic hypothesis. Special attention is devoted to Massieu potentials (the Legendre transforms of the entropy) which are most natural in statistical mechanics, and also allow for a more direct treatment of the topic of ensemble equivalence.SpringerBriefs in Physics,2191-5431ThermodynamicsStatistical PhysicsMathematical physicsThermodynamicsStatistical PhysicsMathematical Methods in PhysicsThermodynamics.Statistical Physics.Mathematical physics.Thermodynamics.Statistical Physics.Mathematical Methods in Physics.536.7Campisi Michele1071985MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910736993703321Lectures on the Mechanical Foundations of Thermodynamics2568140UNINA