2017/01/29 by David Ruelle, Ruelle, David · 3 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · Psychology · #Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO) #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Balance (ability) #Characterization (materials science) #Classical mechanics #Detailed balance #FOS: Biological sciences #FOS: Physical sciences #Geometry #Mathematical economics #Mathematics #Origins and Evolution of Life #Other Quantitative Biology (q-bio.OT) #Physics #Point (geometry) #Psychology #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #Statistical mechanics #Statistical physics #Theoretical physics #cond-mat.stat-mech #nlin.AO #q-bio.OT
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1701.08388
published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University) · 10 pages
arxiv created 2017/01/29 · openalex publication_date 2017/01/29 · arxiv updated 2017/01/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
This note presents a minimal approach to the origin of life, following standard ideas. We pay special attention to the point of view of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, and in particular to detailed balance. As a consequence we propose a characterization of pre-biological states.