Classical particle indistinguishability, precisely
Wills, James
(2021)
Classical particle indistinguishability, precisely.
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
ISSN 0007-0882
I present a new perspective on the meaning of indistinguishability of classical particles. This leads to a solution to the problem in statistical mechanics of justifying the inclusion of a factor N! in a probability distribution over the phase space of N indistinguishable classical particles.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Departments | Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method |
| DOI | 10.1086/714817 |
| Date Deposited | 27 Oct 2020 13:12 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/107084 |
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