Handout 7 Entropy

Handout 7. Entropy - Stanford University

Handout 7. Entropy January 26, 2011 Contents 1 Reaching equilibrium after removal of constraint 2 2 Entropy and irreversibility 3 3 Boltzmann’s entropy expression 6 4 Shannon’s entropy and information theory 6 5 Entropy of ideal gas 10 In this lecture, we will rst discuss the relation between entropy and irreversibility. Then we

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