the equal division of the energy of a system in thermal equilibrium between different degrees of freedom. This principle was assumed to be exact in classical physics, but quantum theory shows that it is true only in certain special cases
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For static spacetimes the surface and bulk degrees of freedom coincides, leading to holographic equipartition.
Sumanta Chakraborty, Ramit Dey 2018, 'Noether current, black hole entropy and spacetime torsion', Physics Letters Bhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269318307962. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, equipartition conjecture selects criterion resulting from classification between hierarchical trees.
Francisco Torrens, Gloria Castellano 2014, 'Molecular Classification of Pesticides Including Persistent Organic Pollutants, Phenylureaand Sulphonylurea Herbicides', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/6/7388. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We aim to explore the validity of the energy equipartition assumption.
Amit Seta, Rainer Beck 2019, 'Revisiting the Equipartition Assumption in Star-Forming Galaxies', Galaxieshttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/7/2/45. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We formulate and study a quantum counterpart of the energy equipartition theorem satisfied for classical systems.
P. Bialas, J. Spiechowicz, J. Łuczka 2018, 'Partition of energy for a dissipative quantum oscillator', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-34385-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)