Open AccessTHE THEOREM OF MINIMUM ENTROPY PRODUCTION AND STABILITY OF STATIONARY STATES
Author(s) -
RuSheng Li
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.34.956
Subject(s) - entropy production , stationary state , stability (learning theory) , stability theorem , entropy (arrow of time) , statistical physics , mathematics , physics , mathematical analysis , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , computer science , machine learning , cauchy distribution
The theorem of minimum entropy production and its implication to stability of no-nequilibrium stationary states are examined. It is found that, apart from the assumption of linear phenomenological relations and weak amplitudes, the validity of this theorem depends on the degree of deviation of states discussed from critical stability of local equilibrium. The possibility of oceurence of ordered structures in linear nonequ-ilibrium region is also discussed.