Modeling Thermodynamic Distance, Curvature and Fluctuations A Geometric Approach

Modeling Thermodynamic Distance, Curvature and Fluctuations A Geometric Approach / by Viorel Badescu.

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...

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Main Author: Badescu, Viorel (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Understanding Complex Systems,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Computational complexity.
Thermodynamics.
Heat engineering.
Heat transfer.
Mass transfer.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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