doi:10.1002/zamm.19730530720HasseWILEY‐VCH VerlagZamm ‐ Journal of Applied Mathematics\\\s&\\\smechanics / Zeitschrift Für Angewandte Mathematik Und Mechanik
and shown to always, i.e., for any 𝑓≠𝑓Maxwellf≠fMaxwell, decrease in time until a stationary minimum is reached for which f is uniquely defined by the Maxwell distribution. Given the close relation between H and the thermodynamic entropy, Boltzmann concluded the result is “equivalent...