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The trouble with entropy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

M. de HAAN  and
C. D. GEORGE
M. de HAAN
Affiliation:
Service de Physique Statistique, Plasmas et Optique Non Linéaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine CP 231, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
C. D. GEORGE
Affiliation:
Service de Physique Statistique, Plasmas et Optique Non Linéaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine CP 231, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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Abstract

An understanding of the mechanisms leading to the symmetry breaking of the dynamical description of a large system with respect to the direction of time is necessary, but not sufficient to ensure the finding of a functional of the state of the system that would satisfy the requirements placed by the Second Law of Thermodynamics upon the non-equilibrium entropy S.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 59 , Issue 4 , June 1998 , pp. 619 - 627
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

It is an honour for the authors to have the opportunity to dedicate this paper to Professor Radu Balescu on the occasion of his retirement from teaching. During many years of collaboration with him, they have valued his integrity and admired his commitment to high-quality standards in scientific research.