Etymology

Ehrenfest model

Today it means: A model of diffusion used to explain the second law of thermodynamics, considering a number of particles in two containers, which independently change container at a certain rate. Full definition →

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Named after Paul Ehrenfest and Tatiana Ehrenfest-Afanaseva.

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