Timeline for Are all discovered normal distribution in the physical world a result of central limit theorem?
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| Apr 1, 2019 at 18:20 | comment | added | J.G. | For a relativistic treatment, see here. | |
| Apr 1, 2019 at 16:43 | comment | added | knzhou | @Chemomechanics No. If you had a gas of massless particles, the velocity is distributed like $e^{-|v|}$, but your logic would say it's also $e^{-v^2}$. | |
| Mar 31, 2019 at 20:56 | comment | added | jacob1729 | @Chemomechanics if you can find a sensible way to make that work I'd be interested. It's possible but the barriers I see are: (1) each collision essentially randomises the velocities of both atoms which makes the "many collisions" idea seem wrong and (2) why should that apply to components and not to the speed? | |
| Mar 31, 2019 at 20:42 | comment | added | Chemomechanics | That distribution can’t be explained by applying the CLT to a large number of random kicks from previous collisions? | |
| Mar 31, 2019 at 16:55 | history | answered | jacob1729 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |