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One of the fundamental problems of physics is the determination of the properties of macroscopic systems from those of their microscopic constituents.
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Olla, P. (2015). Introduction. In: An Introduction to Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics. UNITEXT for Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06188-7_1
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