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Did Democritus predict atoms using sharp phase transitions
In the Wikipedia page for the Ising Model it is written without citations:
One of Democritus' arguments in support of atomism was that atoms
naturally explain the sharp phase boundaries observed in
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What was Boltzmann's contribution to the theory of "statistical ensemble"?
In the book "Ludwig Boltzmann, the man who trusted atoms"by C.Cercignani, I read about the thesis according to which it was Boltzmann, not Gibbs who first introduced the concept of "...
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Origin of diagrammatics illustrating the relation between cumulants and moments?
The exponential-log transformation of exponential generating functions (see OEIS A036040 and A127671) relate the classical cumulants to their associated moments.
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Why are Bose-Einstein Condensates (BECs) named after Bose and Einstein?
Why are Bose-Einstein Condensates (BECs) named after Bose and Einstein? What did Einstein contribute to BECs?
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