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Are Hamilton's equations reversible?
Say I define a time dependent vector field $\Psi(t):\mathbb{R}^d\to \mathbb{R}^d$ as reversible (also here) if, for $f(x,y)=(x,-y)$, we have:
$$ f\circ \Psi \circ f =\Psi(-t)=\Psi^{-1}(t).$$
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Reversibility of Hamiltonian dynamics
I'm trying to understand a very basic property of Hamiltonian dynamics. I don't have a physics background but I do know some mathematics. I want to understand why negating the momentum is equivalent ...
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Are the thermoelectric effects reversible?
On the one hand, it is commonly said that thermoelectric effects are reversible. For Wikipedia they are thermodynamically reversible because as the factor of merit ZT approaches infinity, the ...
