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A system in thermodynamic equilibrium must be stable. This means to say that small perturbations do not remove the system from its equilibrium. In a mechanical system in stable equilibrium described by a potential energy \(\mathcal{V}(x)\), the stability implies that the coefficient \({d}^{2}\mathcal{V}/{\mathit{dx}}^{2}\) is non-negative.
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de Oliveira, M.J. (2013). Clausius-Gibbs Principle. In: Equilibrium Thermodynamics. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36549-2_3
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