Entropy and Kinetic Theory for a Confined Gas
- 1 December 1975
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Mathematical Society in Canadian Journal of Mathematics
- Vol. 27 (6) , 1271-1315
- https://doi.org/10.4153/cjm-1975-132-1
Abstract
A well-known theorem in the classical kinetic theory for a gas states that the entropy is an increasing function of time. However, in order to obtain this theorem for a confined gas, some assumption about molecular response to the container wall is required. For example, it is enough to suppose that the wall reflects the molecules specularly [4].Keywords
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