On the Contact Geometry and the Poisson Geometry of the Ideal Gas

We elaborate on existing notions of contact geometry and Poisson geometry as applied to the classical ideal gas. Specifically, we observe that it is possible to describe its dynamics using a 3-dimensional contact submanifold of the standard 5-dimensional contact manifold used in the literature. This...

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Main Authors: J. M. Isidro, P. Fernández de Córdoba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/20/4/247