RE: Does random have rules?
March 27, 2015 at 9:06 am
(This post was last modified: March 27, 2015 at 9:08 am by Alex K.)
the second law definitely holds only on average for large enough systems, and for finite systems there is a small chance that they are violated. It's just that for macroscopic systems this probability is unmeasurable small.
Typical example: if you have a box full of gas molecules, there is the slim chance 2^-N that at some point in time they will all sit in the left half of the box, which would correspond to a state of much lower entropy than the starting state.
Typical example: if you have a box full of gas molecules, there is the slim chance 2^-N that at some point in time they will all sit in the left half of the box, which would correspond to a state of much lower entropy than the starting state.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
