A note on Gibbs paradox

2013/02/11 by Padyala, Radhakrishnamurty
#FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #J.2

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1302.2573

Abstract

We show in this note that Gibbs paradox arises not due to application of thermodynamic principles, whether classical or statistical or even quantum mechanical, but due to incorrect application of mathematics to the process of mixing of ideal gases.

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