Equation 13 · Part 2 · From Origins to Frontier: A History of Stochastic Thermodynamics and Complex Systems
Symbol W
What this part means
W is an argument of the function-like quantity on the left; its role is set by that function’s stated inputs.
Its job in the formula
W is an argument of the function-like quantity on the left; its role is set by that function’s stated inputs.
Full expression→Symbol W→Article meaning
The passage around this formula
…in “Entropy Production Fluctuation Theorem and the Nonequilibrium Work Relation for Free Energy Differences,” published in Physical Review E in 1999 [ 4 ] . Crooks’s relation compares the probability of observing work W in a forward protocol to the probability of observing -W in the corresponding time-reversed protocol: . The Jarzynski equality follows from the Crooks relation as a special case, and both are instances of a broader family of fluctuation theorems that had been developing since…
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