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A variational formulation of equilibrium statistical mechanics and the Gibbs phase rule |
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| Authors: | D. Ruelle |
| Affiliation: | (1) Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, 91. Bures-sur-Yvette, France |
| Abstract: | It is shown that for an infinite lattice system, thermodynamic equilibrium is the solution of a variational problem involving a mean entropy of states introduced earlier [2]. As an application, a version of the Gibbs phase rule is proved. |
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