Information theory link between MaxEnt and a key thermodynamic relation

E.M.F. Curado and A. Plastino

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2007, vol. 386, issue 1, 155-166

Abstract: We focus attention on the particular thermodynamic relation dU=TdS+δW. Using information theory concepts we show that, for a reversible process in which intensive variables change, microscopic considerations related to this thermodynamic relation make the informational contents of, respectively, dU=TdS+δW and MaxEnt equivalent. The pertinent demonstration is obtained when trying to ascertain the corresponding equilibrium microscopic probability distribution.

Keywords: Thermodynamics; Equilibrium microscopic probability distribution; Information theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2007.07.068

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