Temporal Asymmetry, Entropic Irreversibility, and Finite-Time Thermodynamics: From Parmenides–Einstein Time-Reversal Symmetry to the Heraclitan Entropic Arrow of Time

Temporal Asymmetry, Entropic Irreversibility, and Finite-Time Thermodynamics: From Parmenides–Einstein Time-Reversal Symmetry to the Heraclitan Entropic Arrow of Time

In this paper, we combine the two universalisms of thermodynamics and dynamical systems theory to develop a dynamical system formalism for classical thermodynamics. Specifically, using a compartmental dynamical system energy flow model we develop a state-space dynamical system model that captures th...

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Main Author: Wassim M. Haddad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-02-01
Series:Entropy
Subjects:
energy
entropy
irreversibility
arrow of time
poincaré recurrence
finite-time semistability
interconnected systems
state space formalism
relativistic thermodynamics
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/14/3/407/

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