Pythagorean means and Carnot machines: When music meets heat
arXiv:1609.01565 · doi:10.1007/s12045-017-0581-z
Abstract
Some interesting relations between Pythagorean means (arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means) and the coefficients of performance of reversible Carnot machines (heat engine, refrigerator and heat pump) are discussed.
Pedagogic article. latex, 12 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables, 2 boxes