The Gibbs and Boltzm~nn description of a system are contrasted for the entropy of a general Markov process. An H theorem is established for the Gibbs entropy. The master equation for non-stationary processes is introduced to initiate a discussion of the p.henomenological equations in the two descrip
Entropy for irreversible processes
β Scribed by Byung Chan Eu
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 527 KB
- Volume
- 143
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-2614
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