Can the second law be compatible with time reversal invariant dynamics?

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2014.06.001zbMATH Open1294.82018OpenAlexW2022214526MaRDI QIDQ407338FDOQ407338

Authors: Leah Henderson 

Publication date: 29 August 2014

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/10698/1/SecLaw.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

second law of thermodynamicsthermodynamic irreversibilityLieb and Yngvasontime reversal invariancetime symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82B35) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03)

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