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The objective of statistical mechanics is to calculate the measurable properties of macroscopic systems, starting from a microscopic Hamiltonian. These systems might be isolated or nearly isolated, stand-alone systems, or they might be in contact with some kind of environment with which they can interact in various ways.
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Berlinsky, A.J., Harris, A.B. (2019). Basic Principles. In: Statistical Mechanics. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28187-8_4
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