--- trunk/mattDisertation/Introduction.tex 2004/02/24 17:13:06 1067 +++ trunk/mattDisertation/Introduction.tex 2004/02/25 21:48:44 1068 @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ also define the temperature of the system using the re \label{introEq:SM5} \end{equation} Where $k_B$ is the Boltzmann constant. Having defined entropy, one can -also define the temperature of the system using the relation +also define the temperature of the system using the Maxwell relation \begin{equation} \frac{1}{T} = \biggl ( \frac{\partial S}{\partial E} \biggr )_{N,V} \label{introEq:SM6} @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ instrument analyzing the system must average its obser Where the value of an observable is averaged over the length of time that the simulation is run. This type of measurement mirrors the experimental measurement of an observable. In an experiment, the -instrument analyzing the system must average its observation of the +instrument analyzing the system must average its observation over the finite time of the measurement. What is required then, is a principle to relate the time average to the ensemble average. This is the ergodic hypothesis.