Re: Second law in the microscopic scale

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

I was going to ask, and now do.  The second law is mathematically
proved?  Assumptions? (particles observe N's laws.)  Equipartition isn't
necessary?

Elucidation please.

bc, managed (unintentionally) to avoid a stat. mech. course, and now too
lazy to read up.

Jack Uretsky wrote:

> Doesn't look like a closed system to me.  Anyhow, the second law is a
> statement about statistics.
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> On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
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> > NEW FINDINGS CHALLENGE LAW OF ENTROPY
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2135779.stm
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> "Don't push the river, it flows by itself"
>                                Frederick Perls