The Fluctuation Theorem
Date
2002
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Evans, Denis
Searles, Debra
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Taylor & Francis Group
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The question of how reversible microscopic equations of motion can lead to irreversible macroscopic behaviour has been one of the central issues in statistical mechanics for more than a century. The basic issues were known to Gibbs. Boltzmann conducted a
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Keywords: Computer simulation; Equations of motion; Molecular dynamics; Numerical methods; Probability; Theorem proving; Fluctuation theorem; Second law of thermodynamics; Thermostating; Statistical mechanics
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Advances in Physics
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