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Entropy increase as a consequence of measure invariance
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by C. C. Brown
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 93 (1985), 448-450
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1985-0774000-8
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Abstract:

An inequality, used in statistical mechanics for proving that entropy does not decrease, is shown to hold for general $\sigma$-finite measure spaces. We comment briefly on the corresponding Hilbert space result.
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Bibliographic Information
  • © Copyright 1985 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 93 (1985), 448-450
  • MSC: Primary 28D20; Secondary 82A05
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1985-0774000-8
  • MathSciNet review: 774000