Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics

<p>The contents of the book are as follows</p><p><br></p><p><strong>CHAPTER I.</strong> GENERAL NOTIONS. THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF EXTENSION-IN-PHASE.</p><p><strong>CHAPTER II.</strong> APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF EXTENSION-IN-PHASE TO THE THEORY OF ERRORS.</p><p><strong>CHAPTER III.</strong> APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF EXTENSION-IN-PHASE TO THE INTEGRATION OF THE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OF MOTION.</p><p><strong>CHAPTER IV.</strong> ON THE DISTRIBUTION-IN-PHASE CALLED CANONICAL IN WHICH THE INDEX OF PROBABILITY IS A LINEAR FUNCTION OF THE ENERGY.</p><p><strong>CHAPTER V.</strong> AVERAGE VALUES IN A CANONICAL ENSEMBLE OF SYSTEMS.</p><p><strong>CHAPTER VI. </strong>EXTENSION-IN-CONFIGURATION AND EXTENSION-IN-VELOCITY.</p><p><strong>CHAPTER VII.</strong> FARTHER DISCUSSION OF AVERAGES IN A CANONICAL ENSEMBLE OF SYSTEMS.</p><p><strong>CHAPTER VIII.</strong> ON CERTAIN IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF THE ENERGIES OF A SYSTEM.</p><p><strong>CHAPTER IX.</strong> THE FUNCTION φ AND THE CANONICAL DISTRIBUTION.</p><p><strong>CHAPTER X.</strong> ON A DISTRIBUTION IN PHASE CALLED MICROCANONICAL IN WHICH ALL THE SYSTEMS HAVE THE SAME ENERGY.</p><p><strong>CHAPTER XI.</strong> MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM PROPERTIES OF VARIOUS DISTRIBUTIONS IN PHASE</p><p><strong>CHAPTER XII.</strong> ON THE MOTION OF SYSTEMS AND ENSEMBLES OF SYSTEMS THROUGH LONG PERIODS OF TIME.</p><p><strong>CHAPTER XIII.</strong> EFFECT OF VARIOUS PROCESSES ON AN ENSEMBLE OF SYSTEMS.</p><p><strong>CHAPTER XIV.</strong> DISCUSSION OF THERMODYNAMIC ANALOGIES</p><p><strong>CHAPTER XV.</strong> SYSTEMS COMPOSED OF MOLECULES</p><p><br></p>