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View SchemaOn the Statistical Viewpoint Concerning the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics a Reminder on the Ehrenfests' Urn Model
| Authors | Domenico Giulini |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0509220 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0509220 |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-030-88781-0_11 |
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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 I 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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