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LUDW Re: CONSERVATION OF ENERGY



From: TWayburn
Full-Name: Thomas L Wayburn
To: phys-l@atlantis.cc.uwf.edu
Subject: Re: CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
References: <199707131745.MAA03888@atlantis.cc.uwf.edu>
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Dear Folks,

Somehow I got the idea that, although work and heat, both boundary
phenomena, represent the transfer of energy through a control boundary
without the mediation of mass, work is not accompanied by entropy while
heat is. I thought this was better than the stock phrase usually
applied to work, "capable of raising a weight".

Regards / Tom

P.S. Perhaps someone will read my diagrammatic approach to
understanding? I have improved the picture, lately, with a model that
incorporates four categories: (1) W, the world, (2) M, mental images, (3) P, perceptions, and (4) W*, the "reader's" conception of the world in
which he imagines phenomena occurring. Category theory is widely
employed in algebraic topology, as most of you know. The functor, Pi,
maps topological objects, e.g., the circle (S sub 1), into topological
groups, e.g., Z, the integers, which are easier to study. Thus, Pi (S
sub 1) = Z. The integers are the winding numbers.

P.P.S. Is this the silent treatment?