Positivity of entropy production in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
Authors:
David Ruelle
Affiliation:
(1) IHES, 91440 Bures sur Yvette, France;(2) Mathematics Department, Rutgers University, 08903 New Brunswick, New Jersey
Abstract:
We analyze different mechanisms of entropy production in statistical mechanics, and propose formulas for the entropy production ratee() in a state . When is steady state describing the long term behavior of a system we show thate()0, and sometimes we can provee()>0.