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Rates of convergence to equilibrium in the Prigogine-Misra-Courbage theory of irreversibility

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The rates of convergence to equilibrium in the Prigogine-Misra-Courbage theory of irreversibility, as developed by Goldstein, Misra, and Courbage, are examined. It is found that arbitrarily slow convergence to equilibrium should be present; in fact, in a certain precise sense, it should be the most abundant behavior. This is compared with the common beliefs in kinetic theory.

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Research supported in part by NSF Grant No. PHY 78-23952.

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de la Llave, R. Rates of convergence to equilibrium in the Prigogine-Misra-Courbage theory of irreversibility. J Stat Phys 29, 17–31 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01008245

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