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The probabilistic-statistical justification for the equilibrium-thermodynamic Maxwell-Gouy potential is given. The relationship between the change in the potential and the information about the structure of the system, expressed by Kul'bak's measure, is established.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 7, pp. 29–33, July, 1987.
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Zaripov, R.G. Maxwell-Gouy potential in statistical mechanics. Soviet Physics Journal 30, 588–591 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00895223
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