Foundations of Statistical Mechanics The treatment of the calculus

The treatment of the calculus of variations of single and multiple integrals is based ab initio on Carathéodory's method of equivalent integrals

and motion with speeds approaching that of light

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Foundations of Statistical Mechanics The treatment of the calculusThis volume demonstrates the manner in which statistical mechanics can be built up deductively from a small number of well defined physical assumptions. A solid basis for the deductive structure is provided by embodying these assumptions in a system of five postulates that describe an idealized model of real physical systems. These postulates play a theoretical role similar to that of the first and second laws in thermodynamics. The first chapter