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The entropy S can be calculated based on the number of microstates \(\Omega\) of a thermodynamic system by using the well-known formula due to Ludwig Boltzmann.
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Badescu, V. (2016). Geometrization of Thermodynamic Fluctuations. In: Modeling Thermodynamic Distance, Curvature and Fluctuations. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33789-0_8
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