Jensen inequality and the second law

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2020.126460MaRDI QIDQ2213232zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Purushottam D. Gujrati

Publication date 30 November 2020

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.11176

zbMATH Keywords

entropyJensen inequalityfluctuation theoremssecond lawmicrostates and macrostatestrajectory probability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Foundations of thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A05)

Abstract: Jensen's Inequality (JIEQ) has proved to be a major tool to prove the consistency of various fluctuation theorems with the second law in microscopic thermodynamics. We show that the situation is far from clear and the reliance on the JIE may be quite misleading in general.

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