Time asymmetry of the universe (Q1762265)

The detailed introduction to this paper reports about several branches of physics including statistical mechanics, relativity theory, and quantum mechanics, where the physical laws are invariant with respect to time-reversals, but the observed states in the Universe seem to prefer one of the time-directions. In thermodynamics, however, an internal time-direction is preferred if entropy fails to be constant. The author tries to find internal analogies between these facts. His summary reads: ``The entropy of the Universe is calculated within the Einstein and Logunov concepts. It is shown that the entropies of the Universe calculated within the foregoing concepts coincide at the beginning and at the present time.'' In the conclusion he writes: ``Using particular examples it is shown that a symmetric differential equation can have an asymmetric partial solution.'' Here the word ``symmetric'' is used in the sense ``time-reversal-invariant''. The mentioned Logunov concept refers to a theory of relativity different from Einstein's. For the calculation of the entropy of the Universe, he applies formulas deduced by S. Hawking.