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Title: Mathematical foundations of thermodynamics / by R. Giles.
International series of monographs on pure and applied mathematics,
International series of monographs in pure and applied mathematics ;
Author: Giles, R. (Robin)
General Notes: Includes index., Includes index.

Publisher: Pergamon Press; [distributed in the Western Hemisphere by Macmillan, New York],
Publication Place: Oxford; New York :
Subject: Thermodynamics.
Thermodynamica.
Wiskundige methoden.
Mathematische fysica.
Mathematik.
Thermodynamik.
Thermodynamics.
Series: International series of monographs on pure and applied mathematics, v. 53
International series of monographs in pure and applied mathematics ; v. 53.
Contents: Fundamental concepts -- Formal processes -- Components of content -- Irreversibility -- Mechanical systems and adiabatic processes -- Entropy -- Topological considerations -- Thermodynamic space -- Equilibrium states and potential -- Perfect equilibrium states -- Thermodynamics of a rigidly enclosed system -- Systems of variable volume -- Electric and magnetic systems -- Galilean thermodynamics -- Symmetry in thermodynamics -- Special relativistic thermodynamics -- Appendix A. The formal theory -- Appendix B. Subadditive functions on a group -- Appendix C. The physical basis for the adjoint representation.

Physical Description: xiii, 237 p. : ill. ;

Publication Date: 1964.

	Agency:	Collection:	Call No.:	Item Type:	Status:	Copy:	Barcode:	Media Type:
	Faculty of Engineering Technology	General	536.7 GIL	Normal Circulation	Available	1	BUF1673	Book