2 papers
math.SG2026
A Contact Topological Glossary for Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
Michael Entov, Leonid Polterovich, Lenya Ryzhik
We discuss the occurrence of some notions and results from contact topology in the non-equilibrium thermodynamics. This includes the Reeb chords and the partial order on the space…
math-ph2024
Geometric aspects of a spin chain
Michael Entov, Leonid Polterovich, Lenya Ryzhik
We discuss non-equilibrium thermodynamics of the mean field Ising model from a geometric perspective, focusing on the thermodynamic limit. When the number of spins is finite, the G…