ISSN:
1572-8897
Keywords:
axiomatic thermodynamics
;
Constantin Carathéodory
;
Pfaffian differential equations
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mathematics
Notes:
Abstract The birth, raise, development and fortunes of a fundamental theory in thermodynamics, the axiomatic thermodynamics, a creation of Constantin Carathéodory, is thoroughly presented together with a summary of Carathéodory's biography. Axiomatic thermodynamics is centered around some interesting properties of Pfaffian differential equations, which are here introduced and used for some well-known cases in thermodynamics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1018834326958
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