In physics, Loschmidt's paradox (named for Josef Loschmidt), also known as the reversibility paradox, irreversibility paradox, or Umkehreinwand (from...
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There are reputed "paradoxes" that arise from failure to recognize this. Loschmidt's paradox, also known as the reversibility paradox, is the objection...
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Laplace's demon (section Loschmidt's paradox)
Laplace's demon has been invoked to resolve a famous paradox of statistical physics, Loschmidt's paradox. The argument is that, in order to reverse all velocities...
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H-theorem (section Loschmidt's paradox)
there must be a matching reversed state where H increases over time (Loschmidt's paradox). The explanation is that Boltzmann's equation is based on the assumption...
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Fluctuation theorem (category Physical paradoxes)
thermodynamics from time-symmetric fundamental laws is referred to as Loschmidt's paradox. The mathematical derivation of the fluctuation theorem and in particular...
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the title, Loschmidt's Graphic Formulae of 1861, about the book, Chemische Studien of Loschmidt, by A. Bader. A website dedicated to Loschmidt, containing...
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mathematics concerned with a more general formulation of ergodicity Loschmidt's paradox Poincaré recurrence theorem Cherstvy, Andrey; Chechkin, Aleksei V;...
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time travel forward. Another paradox associated with the causality and the one-way nature of time is Loschmidt's paradox which poses the question how...
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indefinitely, its entropy would be lower than that of its solid phase. Loschmidt's paradox: Why is there an inevitable increase in entropy when the laws of...
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enclosing walls simply as mirror boundary conditions. This led to Loschmidt's paradox. If, however, the stochastic behavior of the molecules and thermal...
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the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. List of UTC timing centers Loschmidt's paradox Time metrology Antiquarian Horological Society – AHS (United Kingdom)...
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macroscopic scale that the effects of entropy become noticeable (see Loschmidt's paradox). On average it would be expected that the smoke particles around...
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Entropy and life Brownian ratchet Maxwell's demon Heat death paradox Loschmidt's paradox Synergetics Theories Caloric theory Vis viva ("living force")...
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Entropy and life Brownian ratchet Maxwell's demon Heat death paradox Loschmidt's paradox Synergetics Theories Caloric theory Vis viva ("living force")...
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walls simply as mirror boundary conditions. This inevitably led to Loschmidt's paradox. However, if the stochastic behavior of the molecules in actual walls...
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Ben-Naim, Arieh (21 September 2007). "On the So-Called Gibbs Paradox, and on the Real Paradox" (PDF). Entropy. 9 (3): 132–136. Bibcode:2007Entrp...9..132B...
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been invoked to resolve an apparently unrelated paradox of statistical physics, Loschmidt’s paradox. John Earman and John D. Norton have argued that...
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concerned with a more general formulation of ergodicity Ergodicity Loschmidt's paradox Poincaré recurrence theorem Lindy effect Originally due to L. Boltzmann...
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Entropy and life Brownian ratchet Maxwell's demon Heat death paradox Loschmidt's paradox Synergetics Theories Caloric theory Vis viva ("living force")...
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Entropy and life Brownian ratchet Maxwell's demon Heat death paradox Loschmidt's paradox Synergetics Theories Caloric theory Vis viva ("living force")...
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Entropy and life Brownian ratchet Maxwell's demon Heat death paradox Loschmidt's paradox Synergetics Theories Caloric theory Vis viva ("living force")...
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time-symmetric formalism: something must be wrong (Loschmidt's paradox). The resolution (1895) of this paradox is that the velocities of two particles after...
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Entropy and life Brownian ratchet Maxwell's demon Heat death paradox Loschmidt's paradox Synergetics Theories Caloric theory Vis viva ("living force")...
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dynamics. A Brief History of Time Anthropic principle Ilya Prigogine Loschmidt's paradox Maxwell's demon Quantum Zeno effect Royal Institution Christmas Lectures...
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principles in non-equilibrium thermodynamics Information metabolism Loschmidt's paradox Non-equilibrium thermodynamics Relational order theories Self-organization...
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Entropy and life Brownian ratchet Maxwell's demon Heat death paradox Loschmidt's paradox Synergetics Theories Caloric theory Vis viva ("living force")...
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Entropy and life Brownian ratchet Maxwell's demon Heat death paradox Loschmidt's paradox Synergetics Theories Caloric theory Vis viva ("living force")...
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[citation needed] 1876 – Loschmidt criticises Boltzmann's H theorem as being incompatible with microscopic reversibility (Loschmidt's paradox). 1877 – Boltzmann...
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