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The maximum entropy production principle and linear irreversible processes

arXiv:1003.3680 · doi:10.3390/e12050996

Abstract

It is shown that Onsager's principle of the least dissipation of energy is equivalent to the maximum entropy production principle. It is known that solutions of the linearized Boltzmann equation make extrema of entropy production. It is argued, in the case of stationary processes, that this extremum is a maximum rather than a minimum.

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