Variational Method for Classical Statistical Mechanics
- 1 February 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 40 (3), 899-900
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1725224
Abstract
The classical analog of Bogolubov's variational principle for quantum statistics is derived, and some applications are suggested.Keywords
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