Gibbs measure

English

Etymology

Named after Josiah Willard Gibbs.

Noun

Gibbs measure (plural Gibbs measures)

  1. (statistics) A generalization of the canonical ensemble to infinite systems, giving the probability of a given system being in a given state (or, equivalently, of a given random variable having a given value).
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