Thermodynamic potentials for non-equilibrium systems

Orazio Descalzi*, Servet Martinez, Enrique Tirapegui

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Abstract

The notion of non-equilibrium potential for systems far from equilibrium is reviewed and the relation to the reversed process is examined. The potential is constructed in the neighborhood of the homogeneous attractors for a non-variational extended system, namely the subcritical complex Ginzburg-Landau equation. This construction is the second known example of a Lyapunov functional for a non-variational system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2619-2630
Number of pages12
JournalChaos, Solitons and Fractals
Volume12
Issue number14-15
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Nov 2001
EventIrreversibility, Probability and Complexity - Brussels, Belgium
Duration: 12 Nov 200112 Nov 2001

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
E.T. thanks the support of this work by Fondecyt (P. 1990991), FONDAP (P. 11980002), CNRS-CONICYT Project and Cátedra Presidencial en Ciencias. S.M. wishes to thank Fondecyt (P. 1970506). O.D. wishes to thank Fondecyt (P. 3940001) and Fondo de Ayuda a la Investigación de la Universidad de los Andes (P. ICIV-001-2000).

Keywords

  • Computational complexity
  • Entropy
  • Lyapunov methods

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