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<blockquote>''Corresponding to every individual process there is a reverse process, and in a state of equilibrium the average rate of every process is equal to the average rate of its reverse process.<ref>[http://www.pnas.org/content/11/3/179.full.pdf+html Gilbert N. Lewis "A new principle of equilibrium" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences '''11''' pp. 179-183 (1925)]''</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>''Corresponding to every individual process there is a reverse process, and in a state of equilibrium the average rate of every process is equal to the average rate of its reverse process.<ref>[http://www.pnas.org/content/11/3/179.full.pdf+html Gilbert N. Lewis "A new principle of equilibrium" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences '''11''' pp. 179-183 (1925)]''</ref></blockquote> | ||
According to Ter Haar <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.27.289 D. Ter Haar "Foundations of Statistical Mechanics", Reviews of Modern Physics '''27''' pp. 289-338 (1955)] Appendix VII</ref> the essence of the detailed balance is: | According to Ter Haar <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.27.289 D. Ter Haar "Foundations of Statistical Mechanics", Reviews of Modern Physics '''27''' pp. 289-338 (1955)] Appendix VII</ref> the essence of the detailed balance is: "...at equilibrium the number of processes destroying situation <math>A</math> and creating situation <math>B</math> will be equal to the number of processes producing <math>A</math> and destroying <math>B</math>. | ||
The principle of detailed balance was explicitly introduced for collisions by [[Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann |Ludwig Boltzmann]]. In 1872, he proved his [[H-theorem]] using this principle <ref name = "Boltzmann1872">Ludwig Boltzmann "Lectures on Gas Theory" (original title "Vorlesungen uber Gastheorie") (1896) ISBN 0486684555 </ref>. | The principle of detailed balance was explicitly introduced for collisions by [[Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann |Ludwig Boltzmann]]. In 1872, he proved his [[H-theorem]] using this principle <ref name = "Boltzmann1872">Ludwig Boltzmann "Lectures on Gas Theory" (original title "Vorlesungen uber Gastheorie") (1896) ISBN 0486684555 </ref>. |