Applied General Topology (Apr 2004)

Representations of ordered semigroups and the Physical concept of Entropy

  • Juan C. Candeal,
  • Juan R. de Miguel,
  • Esteban Induráin,
  • Ghansyam B. Mehta

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4995/agt.2004.1992
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 11 – 23

Abstract

Read online

The abstract concept of entropy is interpreted through the concept of numerical representation of a totally preordered set so that the concept of composition of systems or additivity of entropy can be analyzed through the study of additive representations of totally ordered semigroups.

Keywords