Ah ha! Been looking for this for years not knowing what it was called.
Virtual copies of a system, considered all at once.
In philosophy, via Leibniz, it is “possible worlds”.
In mathematics, via Gibbs, it’s “virtual copies of a system”.
Today, we talk easily about “Multiverse”.
I have more connections to make, but for these two fields (mathematics (statistics / physics (classic / quantum)) and philosophy) I feel satisfied.
Ensemble (statistical ensemble). Virtual copies of a system, considered all at once.
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In mathematical physics, especially as introduced into statistical mechanics and thermodynamics by J. Willard Gibbs in 1902, an ensemble (also statistical ensemble) is an idealization consisting of a large number of virtual copies (sometimes infinitely many) of a system, considered all at once, each of which represents a possible state that the real system might be in. In other words, a statistical ensemble is a probability distribution for the state of the system.
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this may make more sense
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_(fluid_mechanics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_(fluid_mechanics)
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“the mechanical behavior of materials modeled as a continuous mass rather than as discrete particles. “
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheology is the study of materials with both solid and fluid characteristics.
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Space Shuttle Challenger disaster happened on the day of my 14th birthday, caused by a rubber O-ring undergoing a phase transition. The idea that rubber could behave like glass and shatter fascinated me.“In addition, conventional rubber undergoes a glass transition, (often called a rubber-glass transition). E.G. The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster was caused by rubber O-rings that were being used well below their glass transition temperature on an unusually cold Florida morning, and thus could not flex adequately to form proper seals between sections of the two solid-fuel rocket boosters.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%E2%80%93temperature_superposition
Sometimes, time is relevant.
Sometimes, time is relevant.
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Things you forgot:
Time and Temperature are equivalent.
[at least, they can be]
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I recognize myself in this guy.
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