** Second Junior Colloquium of the 2011-2012 season **
The second mathematics Junior Colloquium of the fall semester
will take place this Thursday, September 15th, at 3:35 pm in the
Fourth Floor Colloquium Room, Ayres Hall. All are most welcome
to attend the talk; pizza will be served at 3:15.
Junior Colloquium
Ayres Hall 4th Floor Colloquium Room
Thursday September 15, 3:35 pm - 4:25 pm
Professor Jin Feng, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS
Entropy, from the point of view of Boltzmann
The concept of entropy has been used in many physical contexts.
In this talk, I will focus on and explain the original version
as was devised by Boltzmann, to describe symmetry of particles
in gas kinetics. The whole concept can be derived by using
elementary calculations based upon combinatorial counting techniques
and an asymptotic formula known as Stirling formula. The modern
day version of what we will derive is known as Sanov theorem
in the Theory of Large Deviations.
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