In this final volume I have tried to present the subject of
statistical mechanics in accordance with the basic principles of
the series. The effort again entailed following Gustav Mahler's
maxim, "Tradition = Schlamperei" (i.e., filth) and clearing away a
large portion of this tradition-laden area. The result is a book
with little in common with most other books on the subject. The
ordinary perturbation-theoretic calculations are not very useful in
this field. Those methods have never led to propositions of much
substance. Even when perturbation series, which for the most part
never converge, can be given some asymptotic meaning, it cannot be
determined how close the nth order approximation comes to the exact
result. Since analytic solutions of nontrivial problems are beyond
human capabilities, for better or worse we must settle for sharp
bounds on the quantities of interest, and can at most strive to
make the degree of accuracy satisfactory.
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