Giulini, Domenico (2005) On the statistical viewpoint concerning the 2nd law of thermodynamics - OR - A reminder on the Ehrenfests' urm model. [Preprint]
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Abstract
In statistical thermodynamics the 2nd law is properly spelled out in terms of conditioned probabilities. As such it makes the statement, that `entropy increases with time' without preferring a time direction. In this paper we try to explain this statement---which is well known since the time of the Ehrenfests---in some detail within a systematic Bayesian approach.
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| Additional Information: | Also published in the arXiv physics/0509220 | ||||||
| Keywords: | Ehrenfest, urn model, 2nd law of thermodynamics, direction of time, thermodynamic arrow of time | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Domenico Giulini | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 15 Sep 2006 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:13 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 2453 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics | ||||||
| Date: | September 2005 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2453 |
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