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Owen Lynch (Nov 10 2021 at 23:12):Caratheodory uses variables of
Owen Lynch (Nov 10 2021 at 23:12):I.e., pressure, volume, and mass of different types of particle
Owen Lynch (Nov 10 2021 at 23:13):Very different from the way that we think about things: neither energy or entropy is a system coordinate
Owen Lynch (Nov 10 2021 at 23:14):He also doesn't talk about entropy maximization or energy minimization, he just assumes that there are constraints represented by equations that must be satisfied at equilibrium.
John Baez (Nov 10 2021 at 23:55):Okay. But he does some cool stuff, apparently.
Owen Lynch (Nov 10 2021 at 23:59):Yeah, for sure!
Owen Lynch (Nov 10 2021 at 23:59):It's good that he has a very different approach
Owen Lynch (Nov 10 2021 at 23:59):Breaks us out of our comfort zone