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Brillouin statistics have been recently derived from a “general theory of indistinguishable classical particles.” We derive Brillouin's formulas by a random process ruling the growth of the physical system. This growth process is concerned with distinguishable and observable events, which have nothing to do with (in)distinguishability of particles.
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Costantini, D., Garibaldi, U. Brillouin statistics vindicated. Found Phys Lett 3, 197–202 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00689887
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