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cond-mat.stat-mech2014★ 3 cited
What is liquid? Lyapunov instability reveals symmetry-breaking irreversibilities hidden within Hamilton's many-body equations of motion
Wm. G. Hoover, C. G. Hoover
Typical Hamiltonian liquids display exponential "Lyapunov instability", also called "sensitive dependence on initial conditions". Although Hamilton's equations are thoroughly time-…
cond-mat.stat-mech2013
Time-Symmetry Breaking in Hamiltonian Mechanics
Wm. G. Hoover, Carol G. Hoover
Hamiltonian trajectories are strictly time-reversible. Any time series of Hamiltonian coordinates {q} satisfying Hamilton's motion equations will likewise satisfy them when played…