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Title
Modeling thermodynamic distance, curvature and fluctuations [electronic resource] : a geometric approach / Viorel Badescu.
ISBN
9783319337890 (electronic book)
3319337890 (electronic book)
9783319337883
Published
Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 202 pages).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-33789-0 doi
Call Number
QC311
Dewey Decimal Classification
536/.7015118
Summary
This textbook aims to briefly outline the main directions in which the geometrization of thermodynamics has been developed in the last decades. The textbook is accessible to people trained in thermal sciences but not necessarily with solid formation in mathematics. For this, in the first chapters a summary of the main mathematical concepts is made. In some sense, this makes the textbook self-consistent. The rest of the textbook consists of a collection of results previously obtained in this young branch of thermodynamics. The manner of presentation used throughout the textbook is adapted for ease of access of readers with education in natural and technical sciences.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 24, 2016).
Series
Understanding complex systems.
Springer complexity.
Introduction
Algebraic Structures. Spaces. Reference Frames
Calculus with Vectors and Differential Forms
Elements of Riemann Geometry
Equilibrium Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics as a Contact Geometry Structure
Thermodynamic Distance
Geometrization of Thermodynamic Fluctuations
Thermodynamic Curvature. Correlation. Stability.
