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Introduction to differential forms in thermodynamics
I've studied differential geometry just enough to be confident with differential forms. Now I want to see application of this formalism in thermodynamics.
I'm looking for a small reference, to learn ...
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How to express the heat capacity in terms of heat?
The first law of thermodynamics divides the internal energy change into contributions of heat and work.
$$\text dU=\omega_Q-\omega_W,$$
Here I chose the notation to emphasise that the two parts are ...
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Discontinuities and nondifferentiability in thermodynamics
In physics and engineering sources, calculus-based formalisms - whether differential forms on a manifold, or "differentials" of functions of several variables - are presented as a way of modeling and ...
