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. 2020 May;378(2170):20200066.
doi: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0066. Epub 2020 Mar 30.

Nonequilibrium thermodynamics: emergent and fundamental

P Ván  1   2   3
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Nonequilibrium thermodynamics: emergent and fundamental

P Ván. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci. 2020 May.

Abstract

How can we derive the evolution equations of dissipative systems? What is the relation between the different approaches? How much do we understand the fundamental aspects of a second law based framework? Is there a hierarchy of dissipative and ideal theories at all? How far can we reach with the new methods of nonequilibrium thermodynamics? This article is part of the theme issue 'Fundamental aspects of nonequilibrium thermodynamics'.

Keywords: non-equilibrium thermodynamics; second law; stability; symmetric hyperbolic.

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