Time is dispensable in thermodynamics
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Publication:6468552
arXivmath-ph/0104032MaRDI QIDQ6468552FDOQ6468552
Authors: N. C. A. da Costa, Adonai S. Sant'Anna 
Publication date: 23 April 2001
Abstract: We use Padoa's principle of independence of primitive symbols in axiomatic systems in order to show that time is dispensable in continuum thermodynamics, according to the axiomatic formulation of Gurtin and Williams. We also show how to define time by means of the remaining primitive concepts of Gurtin and Williams system. Finally, we introduce thermodynamics without any explicit reference to time and briefly discuss some physical and philosophical consequences of our main results.
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