Covariant evolution equation for the thermodynamic fluctuations

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Abstract
Recently, by exploiting the Riemannian structure of the thermodynamic state space, a system of equations was given for the distribution of the fluctuations of arbitrary thermodynamic state variables. Here we present an alternative version of the theory, which incorporates explicitly the balance equations for the extensive parameters. For small fluctuations the usual Gaussian law is reproduced.