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'''Loschmidt's paradox''' (or ''Umkehreinwand'') was proposed by [[Johann Josef Loschmidt]] in response to the [[H-theorem]] of [[Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann |Boltzmann]]. | '''Loschmidt's paradox''' (or ''reversibility paradox'' or ''Umkehreinwand'') was proposed by [[Johann Josef Loschmidt]] (Refs 1-2) in response to the [[H-theorem]] of [[Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann |Boltzmann]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
# J. Loschmidt "", Sitznngsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien '''73''' pp. 139- (1876) | |||
# J. Loschmidt "", Sitznngsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien '''75''' pp. 67- (1877) | |||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.10 Brad Lee Holian, William G. Hoover and Harald A. Posch "Resolution of Loschmidt’s paradox: The origin of irreversible behavior in reversible atomistic dynamics", Physical Review Letters '''59 ''' pp. 10-13 (1987)] | #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.10 Brad Lee Holian, William G. Hoover and Harald A. Posch "Resolution of Loschmidt’s paradox: The origin of irreversible behavior in reversible atomistic dynamics", Physical Review Letters '''59 ''' pp. 10-13 (1987)] | ||
[[category: statistical mechanics]] | [[category: statistical mechanics]] |
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Loschmidt's paradox (or reversibility paradox or Umkehreinwand) was proposed by Johann Josef Loschmidt (Refs 1-2) in response to the H-theorem of Boltzmann.
References
- J. Loschmidt "", Sitznngsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 73 pp. 139- (1876)
- J. Loschmidt "", Sitznngsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 75 pp. 67- (1877)
- Brad Lee Holian, William G. Hoover and Harald A. Posch "Resolution of Loschmidt’s paradox: The origin of irreversible behavior in reversible atomistic dynamics", Physical Review Letters 59 pp. 10-13 (1987)