Relaxation processes and the maximum entropy production principle (Q653358)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5995852
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5995852 |
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Relaxation processes and the maximum entropy production principle (English)
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9 January 2012
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Summary: Spontaneous transitions of an isolated system from one macroscopic state to another (relaxation processes) are accompanied by a change of entropy. Following Jaynes' MaxEnt formalism, it is shown that practically all the possible microscopic developments of a system, within a fixed time interval, are accompanied by the maximum possible entropy change. In other words relaxation processes are accompanied by maximum entropy production.
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relaxation processes
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MEP principle
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maxent formalism
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