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Mathematical foundations of thermodynamics

Title
Mathematical foundations of thermodynamics / by R. Giles.
Author
Giles, R. (Robin)
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press ; [distributed in the Western Hemisphere by Macmillan, New York], 1964.

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Description
xiii, 237 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
International series of monographs on pure and applied mathematics ; v. 53
Uniform Title
International series of monographs in pure and applied mathematics ; v. 53.
Subject
  • Thermodynamics
  • thermodynamics
  • 33.25 thermodynamics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Mathematik
  • Thermodynamik
  • Thermodynamica
  • Wiskundige methoden
  • Mathematische fysica
  • Thermodynamics > Mathematics
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 229-230.
Contents
Fundamental concepts -- Formal processes -- Components of content -- Irreversibility -- Mechanical systems and adiabatic processes -- Entropy -- Topological considerations -- Thermodynamic space -- Equilibrium states and potential -- Perfect equilibrium states -- Thermodynamics of a rigidly enclosed system -- Systems of variable volume -- Electric and magnetic systems -- Galilean thermodynamics -- Symmetry in thermodynamics -- Special relativistic thermodynamics -- Appendix A. The formal theory -- Appendix B. Subadditive functions on a group -- Appendix C. The physical basis for the adjoint representation.
LCCN
63010126
OCLC
  • ocm00232746
  • 232746
  • SCSB-234710
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library