The fourth law of thermodynamics: steepest entropy ascent

DOI10.1098/rsta.2019.0168zbMath1462.80001arXiv1908.05768OpenAlexW3101671496WikidataQ90726906 ScholiaQ90726906MaRDI QIDQ4994573

Gian Paolo Beretta

Publication date: 20 June 2021

Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.05768

zbMATH Keywords

thermodynamicsentropy productionmathematical physicsquantum physicsgradient flowsnon-equilibrium thermodynamicslaws of thermodynamicsOnsager reciprocitysteepest entropy ascent

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A05)

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