Concepts in Thermal Physics

By S. Blundell, K. Blundell. 2006

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Taming VAEs (2018, background): “Interestingly, the phase-transitions that we observe are similar to what is known as ﬁrst-order phase transitions in statistical mechanics [56], but further analysis is necessary to clarify this connection.”
Algebraic Connectivity of Interdependent Networks (2014, background): “Nevertheless, this derivative does not diverge as expected for a second order(1) transition [33].”
Comparative analysis of neural network and regression based condition monitoring approaches for wind turbine fault detection (2011, neutral): “This law states that the temperature of a cooling body falls exponentially towards the temperature of its sourroundings with a rate which is proportional to the area of contact between the body and the environment [7].”
Abrupt transition in the structural formation of interconnected networks (2013, background): “In summary, the structural transition of interdependent networks involves a discontinuity in the first derivative of an energy-like function, and thus, according to the Ehrenfest classification of phase transitions, it is a discontinuous transition [28].”
A Quantum–Classical Model of Brain Dynamics (2023, background): “In truth ‘microscopic statistical disorder’ is a misnomer that stands for the great number of microscopic states that correspond to the same macroscopic state [142, 143].”