Metric geometry of equilibrium thermodynamics
- 15 September 1975
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 63 (6) , 2479-2483
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.431689
Abstract
It is shown that the principal empirical laws of equilibrium thermodynamics can be brought into correspondence with the mathematical axioms of an abstract metric space. This formal correspondence permits one to associate with the thermodynamic formalism a geometrical aspect, with intrinsic metric structure, which is distinct from that arising from graphical representations of equilibrium surfaces in phase space.Keywords
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