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Note on Two Theorems in Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics

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An attempt is made to clarify the difference between a theorem derived by Evans and Searles in 1994 on the statistics of trajectories in phase space and a theorem proved by the authors in 1995 on the statistics of fluctuations on phase space trajectory segments in a nonequilibrium stationary state.

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  1. The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, 10021

    E. G. D. Cohen

  2. Fisica, Universitá di Roma, “La Sapienza,”, 00185, Rome, Italy

    G. Gallavotti

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Cohen, E.G.D., Gallavotti, G. Note on Two Theorems in Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics. Journal of Statistical Physics 96, 1343–1349 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004604804070

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