Entropy (Jul 2018)

On the van der Waals Gas, Contact Geometry and the Toda Chain

  • Diego Alarcón,
  • P. Fernández de Córdoba,
  • J. M. Isidro,
  • Carlos Orea

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/e20080554
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 8
p. 554

Abstract

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A Toda–chain symmetry is shown to underlie the van der Waals gas and its close cousin, the ideal gas. Links to contact geometry are explored.

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