Time-reversal symmetry, Poincaré recurrence, irreversibility, and the entropic arrow of time: From mechanics to system thermodynamics

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 250-271

  Haddad, Wassim M ^a   Chellaboina, VijaySekhar ^b   Nersesov, Sergey G ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Villanova University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrow of time; Entropy; Hamiltonian mechanics; Irreversibility; Poincar recurrence; Reversibility; Semistability; Thermodynamics; Time reversal symmetry

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENTROPY; HAMILTONIANS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; STATE SPACE METHODS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARROW OF TIME; HAMILTONIAN MECHANICS; IRREVERSIBILITY; POINCARE RECURRENCE; REVERSIBILITY; SEMISTABILITY; TIME-REVERSAL SYMMETRY;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 37249002775     PISSN: 14681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nonrwa.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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