2 papers
cond-mat.stat-mech2023
The meaning of entropy (demonstration of a much needed theorem)
Penha Maria Cardozo Dias
The association of information with entropy has been argued on plausibility arguments involving the operation of imaginary engines and beings, and it is not a universal theorem. In…
physics.ed-ph2022
Galileo's speedometer: an approach to the concept of instantaneous velocity
Carlos Eduardo Aguiar, Marta F. Barroso, Penha Maria C. Dias +1
Difficulties presented by students on the concept of instantaneous velocity are well known. This is in part due to instantaneous speed being often defined in terms of the notion of…