Ergodic Hypothesis and Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics in the Quantum Mechanical World View
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Mechanics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2160-049X,2160-0503
DOI: 10.4236/wjm.2012.22014