On the arrow of time

DOI10.3934/DCDSS.2014.7.1287MaRDI QIDQ478914zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Y. Charles Li, Hong Yang

Publication date 5 December 2014

Published in Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems. Series S (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.3764

zbMATH Keywords

ergodicitychaosarrow of timerecurrence theoremPoincaré

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Strange attractors, chaotic dynamics of systems with hyperbolic behavior (37D45) Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B40) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35) Foundations of time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C03)

Abstract: We believe the following three ingredients are enough to explain the mystery of the arrow of time: (1). equations of dynamics of gas molecules, (2). chaotic instabilities of the equations of dynamics, (3). unavoidable perturbations to the gas molecules. The level of physical rigor or mathematical rigor that can be reached for such a theory is unclear.

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