Abstract
It is shown that Falk's formulation of the third law of thermodynamics (when the energy has minimum value the entropy is also minimum) can be replaced by an equivalent assertion: the absolute minimum energy is unattainable with a finite number of processes.
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термодинамики Фальк а (когда энергия достиг ает минимального зна чения, тогда достигает минимальн ого значения также энтропия) можно заменить эквивалент ным утверждением: абсолю тный минимум энергии недо стижим путем конечно го числа процессов.
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Kvasnica, J. A remark on the third law of thermodynamics. Czech J Phys 10, 883–886 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01688336
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