# Reply to the Comment by M. Biskup, L. Chayes and R. Kotecky

Source: [Reply to the Comment by M. Biskup, L. Chayes and R. Kotecky](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa1e437a2b558e293213ed>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2025-10-23T14:34:19.135Z

Authors: K. Binder

Published: 2003-03-31T17:10:48.000Z

## Abstract

In their comment to the paper \`\`Theory of the evaporation/condensation transition of equilibrium droplets in finite volumes'' \[Physica A, 319, 99 (2003)\], Biskup et al. claim that in finite systems at fixed density \`\`the physical significance of the conjugate thermodynamic variable is of dubious value''. This claim is critically discussed.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0303651>)

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