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It is argued that for several driven, dissipative, fluid flows, maximum entropy states are the same as minimum energy dissipation states. The demonstration requires a definition of entropy for continuous solenoidal fields that has previously been employed in ideal magnetohydrodynamics.
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Montgomery, D., Phillips, L. (1990). Minimum Dissipation And Maximum Entropy. In: Fougère, P.F. (eds) Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0683-9_17
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