The second entropy: a variational principle for time-dependent systems
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: The second entropy: a variational principle for time-dependent systems
zbMATH Open document ID: 1179.82106
author: P. Attard
published in: Entropy
publication date: 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z
review text: Summary: The fundamental optimization principle for non-equilibrium thermodynamics is given. The second entropy is introduced as the quantity that is maximised to determine the optimum state of a non-equilibrium system. In contrast, the principles of maximum or minimum dissipation, which have previously been proposed by Onsager, Prigogine, and others as the variational principle for such systems, are shown to be incapable of fulfilling that rôle.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 82C35
zbMATH DE Number: 5664138
zbMATH Keywords: entropy
zbMATH Keywords: second law
zbMATH Keywords: non-equilibrium
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/e10030380
OpenAlex ID: W2098234395
DOI: 10.3390/E10030380
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