Equilibrium (ETG) and Non-equilibrium (NETG) Thermodynamic Theory of Glasses

After further grounding on quantum mechanics and statistical physics the approach adopted in Part II (Chap. 8 ) of factorizing the partition functionPartition functions (that may be assumed to characterize the cooperativeDegrees of freedomcooperative behavior of a system at its molecular scale), a conjecture is made and detailed on the possibility of a future development of an equilibrium (ETG) and non-equilibrium (NETG) thermodynamic theory of glassesTheory of glasses. These may hold the key to the question of the existence or not of a thermodynamic glass transitionGlass transition temperature.