Is equilibrium always an entropy maximum?
@article{Landsberg1984IsEA, title={Is equilibrium always an entropy maximum?}, author={Peter Landsberg}, journal={Journal of Statistical Physics}, year={1984}, volume={35}, pages={159-169} }
A systematic development is given of the view that in the case of systems with long-range forces and which are therefore nonextensive (in some sense) some thermodynamic results do not hold. Among these is the relationU − TS + pΝ = ΜN and the Gibbs-Duhem equation. If a search for an equilibrium state is made by maximization of the entropy one may obtain misleading results because superadditivity may be violated. The considerations are worked out for a simple gas model, but they are relevant to…
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