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Is our mathematics natural? The case of equilibrium statistical mechanics

Author(s): David Ruelle
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 19 (1988), 259-268.
MSC (1985): Primary 00A25; Secondary 82A05
MathSciNet review: 940484
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DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1988-15634-0
PII: S 0273-0979(1988)15634-0


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