Stochastic approach to equilibrium and nonequilibrium thermodynamics
Stochastic approach to equilibrium and nonequilibrium thermodynamics
We develop the stochastic approach to thermodynamics based on stochastic dynamics, which can be discrete (master equation) and continuous (Fokker-Planck equation), and on two assumptions concerning entropy. The first is the definition of entropy itself and the second the definition of entropy production rate, which is non-negative and vanishes in …