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Formulation of Entropy through Work by Carnot Machine and Direct Derivation of Law of Entropy Non-Decrease from Kelvin-Planck Principle

Statistical Mechanics 2025-10-21 v7

Abstract

We derive the law of entropy non-decrease directly from the Kelvin-Planck principle for simple and compound systems without using the Clausius inequality. A key of the derivation is a new formulation of entropy in terms of work by a Carnot machine operating between a system and a single heat reservoir at fixed temperature, which is equivalent to Clausius entropy based on heat and Gyftopoulos-Beretta entropy based on work. We also show that we may characterize entropy as an extra thermodynamic cost that needs to be paid to create nonuniformity in the system.

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@article{arxiv.2411.07438,
  title  = {Formulation of Entropy through Work by Carnot Machine and Direct Derivation of Law of Entropy Non-Decrease from Kelvin-Planck Principle},
  author = {Yuki Izumida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.07438},
  year   = {2025}
}

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16 pages, 3 figures

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