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Thermodynamic basis of the principle of least action

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A spontaneous process in an isolated system is studied as an inertial process in the sense that in order for the process to occur the participation of external forces is not necessary. It is shown that such a process satisfies the variational principle of minimum dissipative action.

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  1. Moscow Institute of Chemical Machine Building, USSR

    V. N. Maslov

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 5, pp. 53–59, May, 1991.

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Maslov, V.N. Thermodynamic basis of the principle of least action. Soviet Physics Journal 34, 426–431 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00897404

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