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Further Developments of Sinai’s Ideas: The Boltzmann–Sinai Hypothesis

Author : Nándor Simányi

Published in: The Abel Prize 2013-2017

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In this chapter we present a brief survey of the rich and manifold developments of Sinai’s ideas, dating back to 1963, concerning his exact mathematical formulation of Boltzmann’s original ergodic hypothesis. These developments eventually lead to the 2013 proof of the so called “Boltzmann-Sinai Ergodic Hypothesis”.

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Metadata
Title
Further Developments of Sinai’s Ideas: The Boltzmann–Sinai Hypothesis
Author
Nándor Simányi
Copyright Year
2019
Book
The Abel Prize 2013-2017

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-99027-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-99028-6

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99028-6_12

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