The time evolution of correlation functions in statistical systems is described by an exact functional differential equation for the corresponding generating functionals. This allows for a systematic discussion of nonequilibrium physics and the approach to equilibrium without the need for solving the nonlinear microscopic equations of motion or computing the time dependence of the probability distribution explicitly.
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