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Statistical Mechanics: A Journey into the Microscopic World

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Which of the following is NOT a fundamental postulate of statistical mechanics?

  1. The microstate of a system is completely determined by the positions and momenta of its constituent particles.
  2. The macrostate of a system is completely determined by its thermodynamic variables, such as temperature, pressure, and volume.
  3. The entropy of a system is a measure of the number of microstates that are consistent with the macrostate.
  4. The probability of a microstate is proportional to the Boltzmann factor, which is given by the exponential of the negative of the microstate's energy.
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