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In the microscopic probability distribution ρ (Г, t), all degrees of freedom are contained equally. Such a function, even if we were able to determine it, would of course be impractical and therefore unusable for the analysis of complex systems because of the large number of contained degrees of freedom.
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Schulz, M. (2003). Evolution and Probabilistic Concepts. In: Statistical Physics and Economics: Concepts, Tools and Applications. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, vol 184. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21713-4_2
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