Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics
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Outline
- Information entropy and the maximum entropy principle
- Statistical ensembles: microcanonical, canonical, grand canonical
- Fluctuations in the thermodynamic limit: equivalence among ensembles
- Paradoxes of Statistical Mechanics in the light of Information Theory
Scope
Investigate the:
- connection between Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics via the Maximum Entropy principle
- connection between the probability density of a microstate and the constrains of an experimental set-up
- relation between the statistical description of a macroscopic system and the microscopic laws