Length and curvature in the geometry of thermodynamics
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 30 (4) , 1994-1997
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.30.1994
Abstract
The relationship between Weinhold's metric geometry and the Riemannian geometry of thermodynamics is presented.Keywords
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