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Comment on "A mathematical theorem as a basis for the second law: Thomson's formulation applied to equilibruim"

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1 Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

A.E. Allahverdyan and Th. M. Nieuwenhuizen [1] in their paper "A mathematical theorem as a basis for the second law: Thomson's formulation applied to equilibriium" present a proof of the second law of thermodynamics based on quantum mechanics. In this comment on their paper I offer a counterexample to their proof.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0403040,
  title  = {Comment on "A mathematical theorem as a basis for the second law: Thomson's formulation applied to equilibruim"},
  author = {Dan Solomon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0403040},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages

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