The ehrenfests' wind-wood model in two dimensions

1 January 1955

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Vol. 51 (1) , 141-148
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305004100030024

Abstract

The consideration of the statistical aspect of the second law of thermodynamics of a previous paper is extended. The influence of fluctuations in the wind-wood model of the Ehrenfests is investigated, and the relative occurrence, mean life and time of recurrence of such fluctuations are calculated. These are found to agree with the results obtained for the simpler models considered previously.

Keywords

EHRENFESTS
WOOD MODEL
WIND WOOD
RELATIVE OCCURRENCE
TWO DIMENSIONS
MEAN LIFE
CONSIDERED PREVIOUSLY

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