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It is shown that the chaoticity hypothesis recently introduced in statistical mechanics, which is analogous to Ruelle's principle for turbulence, implies the Onsager reciprocity and the fluctuation-dissipation theorem in various reversible models for coexisting transport phenomena.
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This paper is dedicated to David Ruelle on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
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Gallavotti, G. Chaotic hypothesis: Onsager reciprocity and fluctuation-dissipation theorem. J Stat Phys 84, 899–925 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02174123
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