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STATISTICAL mechanics considers any particular body at given temperature T as a member of a canonical ensemble, that is, the probability of finding it with energy E is given by where ω is the multiplicity of the level E of this body. We can take it that, for the body under test, P is a maximum with regard to any parameter n so that The use of this relation appears to simplify appreciably the treatment of some problems in statistical mechanics. I have not, however, been able to find it mentioned anywhere in the known treatises on the subject.
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EHRENBERG, W. A Theorem in Statistical Mechanics. Nature 158, 308 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158308c0
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