Cover: Occurrence of improbable states in a modified Ehrenfest model--part I

Occurrence of improbable states in a modified Ehrenfest model--part I

by Richard Ernest Bellman, Theodore Edward Harris

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A study of a physical model with a continuous time parameter, closely related to the Ehrenfest model, to help reconcile certain apparent incompatibilities between thermodynamic laws and classical mechanics.

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