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In this chapter, we introduce the subjects to be treated in terms of statistical mechanics. The principles of statistical mechanics, the topics of Chap. 2, are well established for the equilibrium state, while the kinetic theory of gases was developed to interpret the thermal properties of matter in the bulk. Though we will not be involved in kinetic theory in this chapter, we will clarify some important relations which can be derived by the use of averages with respect to configuration and motion of molecules.
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Toda, M., Kubo, R., Saitô, N. (1992). General Preliminaries. In: Statistical Physics I. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58134-2_1
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