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In an essentially statistical approach to statistical mechanics, it is seen that the Gauss principle of the arithmetic mean may be taken as the starting point. The equations from which the subject can be built up are deduced from the Gauss principle of the arithmetic mean.
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Dutta, M. Statistical mechanics and the Gauss principle. J Stat Phys 5, 127–131 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01008375
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