Inadequacy of entropy and entropy derivatives in characterizing the steady state

Rolf Landauer
Phys. Rev. A 12, 636 – Published 1 August 1975
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Abstract

In bistable systems the transition kinetics between the two locally stable states can be altered without changing the behavior in the immediate vicinity of the two favored steady states. It follows that quantities which characterize only the vicinity of the favored states cannot determine the most probable state. A second point: Even in monostable linear circuits the steady state need not correspond to minimum entropy production.

  • Received 30 October 1974

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.12.636

©1975 American Physical Society

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Rolf Landauer

  • IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598

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Vol. 12, Iss. 2 — August 1975

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