EVENT DETAILS AND ABSTRACT

Title: Some Applications of Chaos Theory to Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
Speaker: Professor R. Dorfman
Speaker Info: U. Maryland
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Abstract:

This will be a brief survey of some of the recent applications of chaos theory to non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. We show how transport coefficients for fluid systems can be expressed in terms of Lyapunov exponents and Kolmogorov-Sinai entropies, and how these latter quantities are defined and calculated for simple systems. The role of chaos theory for understanding irreversible entropy production will also be discussed, time permitting.