A statistical description of a system can be explained by distribution function

f r; c; t; where f r; c; t is the number of molecules at time t positioned between r

and r dr which have velocities between c and c dc; as mentioned in the
previous chapter. An external force F acting on a gas molecule of unit mass will
change the velocity of the molecule from c to c Fdt and its position from r to
r cdt (Fig. 2.1).