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  1. Born W. Thomson; the additional name was assumed later in connection with his knighthood, granted in recognition of his scientific achievements.

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  2. See e.g.: W. Feller, An Introduction to Probability Theory and its Applications, Vol. I (Wiley, New York 1968).

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  3. L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz, Course of Theoretical Physics I: Mechanics, Eq. (46.5), Pergamon Press (Oxford, London, Paris 1960)

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  4. See e.g. F. Schwabl, Quantum Mechanics, 3rd edition, Springer, Heidelberg, Berlin, New York 2002 (corrected printing 2005), Chap. 20. In the following, this textbook will be abbreviated as ‘QM I’.

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Schwabl, F. (2006). Basic Principles. In: Statistical Mechanics. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36217-7_1

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