Entropy in thermodynamics: from foliation to categorization

DOI10.2478/CM-2021-0002zbMATH Open1473.80002arXiv1908.07583OpenAlexW3163914158MaRDI QIDQ2236372FDOQ2236372

Authors: Radosław A. Kycia 

Publication date: 22 October 2021

Published in: Communications in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We overview the notion of entropy in thermodynamics. We start from the smooth case using differential forms on the manifold, which is the natural language for thermodynamics. Then the axiomatic definition of entropy as ordering on a set that is induced by adiabatic processes will be outlined. Finally, the viewpoint of category theory is provided, which reinterprets the ordering structure as a category of pre-ordered sets.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.07583

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zbMATH Keywords

entropyorderingposetsthermodynamicsGalois connectioncontact structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A05) Mathematical modeling or simulation for problems pertaining to classical thermodynamics (80-10)

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