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The 90 pages that link to Statistical mechanics, each with the reason it gives.

• Siméon Denis PoissonRelated: Poisson’s probability methods contributed to the mathematical toolkit later used in this field.

• Boltzmann brainNarrower topic: It supplies the probability rules used to assess spontaneous observer formation.

• Coarse-grainingNarrower topic: Coarse-graining often bridges microscopic states and macroscopic thermodynamic descriptions.

• Mermin–Wagner theoremNarrower topic: The theorem is a general constraint on equilibrium phases in this framework.

• Active matterNarrower topic: Active matter borrows its statistical tools while often violating their equilibrium assumptions.

• Classical physicsRelated: It links microscopic models to classical thermodynamic behavior.

• Equilibrium thermodynamicsNarrower topic: It can provide microscopic explanations for equilibrium relations that this framework takes as macroscopic laws.

• Gibbs paradoxNarrower topic: The paradox arises when microscopic arrangements are translated into thermodynamic entropy.

• Linear response theoryNarrower topic: Linear response often derives predictions from equilibrium statistical ensembles.

• MechanicsRelated: It explains bulk mechanical and thermal properties from collections of microscopic motions.

• Boltzmann's entropy formulaNarrower topic: It provides the probabilistic bridge behind Boltzmann's relation.

• Clausius theoremNarrower topic: It provides a microscopic account of entropy beyond the theorem’s macroscopic statement.

• Lattice modelNarrower topic: Lattice models apply statistical mechanics to discrete arrangements of interacting variables.

• Paul EhrenfestNarrower topic: Ehrenfest helped clarify its foundations and the assumptions connecting microscopic motion to thermodynamics.

• Theoretical chemistryRelated: It links molecular-level calculations to measurable quantities such as temperature and free energy.

• Cavity methodNarrower topic: The method originated as a way to estimate thermodynamic behavior in many-body systems.

• Ergodic theoremRelated: Ergodic results help explain when long-time measurements match ensemble predictions.

• History of probabilityRelated: It applied probability to physical systems containing vast numbers of particles.

• Lord KelvinCompared with: Its molecular account of entropy broadened the thermodynamic picture Kelvin helped establish.

• Outcome (probability)Related: Microscopic configurations act as outcomes in models of physical systems.

• Classical fluidNarrower topic: It derives classical-fluid properties from ensembles of molecules.

• Cox's theoremRelated: Jaynes applied Bayesian probability and maximum entropy to statistical-mechanical reasoning.

• History of thermodynamicsBroader topic: It recast thermodynamic laws as statistical regularities rather than separate empirical rules.

• John HopfieldRelated: Hopfield adapted its energy-based ideas to describe collective neural computation.

• Theoretical mechanicsRelated: It links mechanics of many particles to bulk material behavior.

• Algebraic combinatoricsRelated: Partition functions often act as generating functions for combinatorial configurations.

• Bohr–van Leeuwen theoremNarrower topic: The theorem is a statement about what equilibrium statistical mechanics permits in the classical limit.

• Chemical Physics & Physical ChemistryRelated: It derives chemical thermodynamics from molecular motion and populations.

• Classical spin modelsNarrower topic: Classical spin models use its ensemble and thermodynamic framework.

• Computational astrophysicsRelated: It informs models of stellar matter, radiation, and particle populations.

• Disordered systemsNarrower topic: It translates ensembles of irregular configurations into measurable bulk behavior.

• Entropy as an arrow of timeNarrower topic: It explains entropy increase through the relative abundance of higher-entropy states.

• Laws of thermodynamicsRelated: It explains how thermodynamic regularities emerge from molecular behavior.

• Macroscopic scaleRelated: It links particle-level states to measurable bulk quantities.

• Mathematical methods in physicsRelated: Probability and statistical sums derive thermodynamic behavior from microscopic models.

• Mean-field and cluster methodsNarrower topic: Mean-field and cluster approximations estimate macroscopic behavior from statistical-mechanical models.

• NeurophysicsNarrower topic: It offers tools for relating many-neuron interactions to population-level patterns.

• Outline of physicsRelated: It links microscopic laws to thermodynamic behavior rather than forming a separate force theory.

• Physical phenomenaRelated: It explains how collective behavior produces temperature, pressure, and other bulk effects.

• Yang Chen-NingRelated: Yang developed exact results in this field alongside his particle-physics work.