Behavior of matter under nonequilibrium conditions: Fundamental aspects and applications. Final report, April 15, 1991--July 14, 1994

摘要

The authors have introduced an extended formulation of dynamics which allows a clear distinction between temporal behavior of stable systems on one hand, chaotic and unstable systems on the other. For stable systems, the evolution is deterministic and time reversible. For chaotic and unstable systems it is probabilistic and breaks time-symmetry. The new formulation of dynamics incorporates the second law of thermodynamics and leads therefore to a great unification of physics.