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no, cyclic in this context means that all macroscopic system variables (temperature etc) return to their initial conditions
by streamofdigits 5y ago
no, cyclic in this context means that all macroscopic system variables (temperature etc) return to their initial conditions
- eurasiantiger 5y agoFunny, I wasn’t aware we were aware of the initial conditions of the non-onservable universe.
- google234123 5y agoWhy wouldn’t they be different than the initial conditions of the observable universe?
- eurasiantiger 5y agoI wasn’t aware we are aware of those, either. In any case, the non-observable universe is certainly a superset of the observable universe.
- google234123 5y agoWe have some ideas... anyway, what do the initial conditions of our universe have to do with this one definition of the 2nd law?
- bocklund 5y agoIt's not "initial conditions" as in time=0. Thermodynamic state variables are path independent, so "initial conditions" in this context means the conditions of the reference point in the process from the point you start measuring.