The different paths to entropy

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/34/2/303MaRDI QIDQ4921330zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors L. Benguigui

Publication date 24 May 2013

Published in European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.2268

zbMATH Keywords

black body emissionH-theoremworks of Clausius, Boltzmann, Gibbs and Planck

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30) Measures of information, entropy (94A17)

Abstract: In order to undestand how the complex concept of entropy emerged,we propose a trip towards the past reviewing the works of Clausius, Boltzmann, Gibbs and Planck. In particular, since the Gibbs's work is not very well known, we present a detailed analysis, recalling the three definitions of the entropy that Gibbs gives. May be one of the most important aspect of the entropy is to see it as a thermodynamic potential like the other thermodynamic potentials as proposed by Callen. We close with some remarks on entropy and irreversibility.

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