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Boltzmann’s Entropy Formula
The fundamental bridge between the microscopic and macroscopic worlds is provided by the Boltzmann equation, which defines entropy in terms of the number of accessible microstates ($\Omega$) corresponding to a given macroscopic state:
$$ S = k_B \ln \Omega $$