The physics and mathematics of the second law of thermodynamics

DOI10.1016/S0370-1573(98)00082-9zbMath1027.80504arXivcond-mat/9708200WikidataQ55871426 ScholiaQ55871426MaRDI QIDQ1417337

Jakob Yngvason, Elliott H. Lieb

Publication date: 4 January 2004

Published in: Physics Reports (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9708200

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thermodynamics of continua (80A17) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10)

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