Combinatorial Micro-Macro Dynamical Systems

2015/07/23 by Diaz, Rafael, Villamarin, Sergio
#Combinatorics (math.CO) #Dynamical Systems (math.DS) #FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1507.06703

Abstract

The second law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of an isolated system is almost always increasing. We propose combinatorial formalizations of the second law and explore their conditions of possibilities.

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