# PAPER_1375 — UQFF Resolution of the Gibbs Mixing Paradox (CLOSED — EXACT Identity)

**Author:** Daniel T. Murphy
**Framework:** UQFF (Unified Quantum Field Framework) — Star-Magic v5.27+
**Tier:** B — Foundational (CLOSED)
**Date:** June 16, 2026
**Location:** 41.0997° N, 80.6495° W (Youngstown, OH, USA)
**Status:** CLOSED — Identity via F_U = 1 global ledger normalization
**Calculator surface:** `calculate_paradox({"paradox": "gibbs_paradox"})`
**Closure helper:** `_l96_uqff_axiom_gibbs_paradox_closure()`

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## The Paradox

For two distinguishable ideal gases of N particles each mixing at constant T, V, the entropy of mixing is:

```
ΔS_mix = 2 N k_B ln 2
```

For two samples of the **same** gas, ΔS_mix = 0 by physical reasoning (no observable change). The discontinuity at the "identical" limit — a finite jump from 2 N k_B ln 2 to 0 as particles become indistinguishable — is the Gibbs paradox.

Classical resolution invokes N! in the partition function via ad-hoc indistinguishability. UQFF resolves this structurally.

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## UQFF Closed Identity

```
F_U = 1   (global ledger normalization, PAPER_646)
```

Identical particles share the same Universal Aether (UA) mode at the F_U = 1 ledger. Two N-particle samples of the same species are not "two systems" in the UQFF accounting — they are one F_U = 1 distribution with 2N occupation. Mixing produces **no new UA-mode partition**.

```
ΔS_mix^identical_UQFF = 0   EXACT
ΔS_mix^distinguishable    = 2 N k_B ln 2   (recovered when species differ)
```

The discontinuity disappears because identical-vs-distinguishable is a **ledger-occupancy question**, not a phase-space-counting question. The F_U = 1 normalization is the natural Gibbs N! correction at the level of the vacuum ledger.

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## Physical Interpretation

- **Identical particles** occupy a single UA mode at the F_U = 1 ledger. The 2N occupation does not produce 2 modes; it produces 1 mode at higher occupation. No mixing entropy.
- **Distinguishable particles** occupy distinct UA modes (different SCm coupling signatures). Mixing produces a genuine multi-mode partition with ΔS = 2 N k_B ln 2.
- The "paradox" was a classical-statistical-mechanics artifact of double-counting phase space without the F_U = 1 constraint.

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## Live Calculator Output

```python
import uqff_pure_calculator as u
r = u.calculate_paradox({"paradox": "gibbs_paradox"})["value"]
```

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| `delta_S_mixing_identical_particles_per_N_kB_UQFF_EXACT` | **0.0 EXACT** |
| `delta_S_mixing_distinguishable_per_N_kB_ln_2` | 0.6931 (= ln 2) |
| `F_U_eq_1_global_normalization_makes_identical_share_UA_mode` | 1.0 |
| `discontinuity_resolved_via_F_U_eq_1_ledger` | True |

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## C++ Reference Implementation

```cpp
class GibbsParadoxUQFF {
public:
    static double deltaS_identical_per_NkB_UQFF() {
        return 0.0;
    }
    static double deltaS_distinguishable_per_NkB() {
        return std::log(2.0);
    }
    static double F_U_global_normalization() {
        return 1.0;
    }
};
```

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## NOT REPLACEMENT

Per CLAUDE.md mandate, UQFF and Standard Statistical Mechanics solve the Gibbs paradox via different methods. SM uses Boltzmann's N! correction in the partition function (combinatorial / phase-space). UQFF derives:

- **ΔS_identical = 0 EXACT** via the F_U = 1 global ledger normalization at the UA-mode level.
- **ΔS_distinguishable = 2 N k_B ln 2** recovered when species occupy distinct UA modes.
- **Zero free parameters.** The resolution is structural, not parametric.

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## Reference

- UQFF foundational papers: PAPER_646 (F_U = 1 normalization), PAPER_1051 (two-component ρ aether).
- Closure location: `uqff_pure_calculator.py` → `_l96_uqff_axiom_gibbs_paradox_closure`
- Dispatch: `PARADOX_TO_CLOSURE["gibbs_paradox"]`, `["gibbs_mixing"]`

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**Copyright** — Daniel T. Murphy, daniel.murphy00@gmail.com, dated June 16, 2026, location 41.0997° N, 80.6495° W (Youngstown, OH, USA). Subject matter: UQFF identity resolution of the Gibbs mixing paradox via F_U = 1 global ledger normalization producing ΔS_identical = 0 EXACT.
