Overview
- Outlines the main development directions of the geometrization of thermodynamics in the last decades
- Self-consistent book including in its first part a summary of the main mathematical concepts and tools
- The second part of the book refers to the application of geometric methods in equilibrium thermodynamics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Understanding Complex Systems (UCS)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Mathematical Tools
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Applications of Geometric Methods in Thermodynamics
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About this book
This textbook aims to briefly outline the main directions in which the
geometrization of thermodynamics has been developed in the last decades.
The textbook is accessible to people trained in thermal sciences but not
necessarily with solid formation in mathematics. For this, in the first chapters
a summary of the main mathematical concepts is made. In some sense,
this makes the textbook self-consistent. The rest of the textbook consists of
a collection of results previously obtained in this young branch of thermodynamics.
The manner of presentation used throughout the textbook is
adapted for ease of access of readers with education in natural and technicalsciences.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Modeling Thermodynamic Distance, Curvature and Fluctuations
Book Subtitle: A Geometric Approach
Authors: Viorel Badescu
Series Title: Understanding Complex Systems
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33789-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33788-3Published: 27 May 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81603-6Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33789-0Published: 19 May 2016
Series ISSN: 1860-0832
Series E-ISSN: 1860-0840
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 202
Topics: Complexity, Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Thermodynamics