Entropy is fundamentally favorable due to statistical mechanics

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Statistical mechanics provides the microscopic foundation demonstrating that entropy naturally tends to increase, making macroscopic processes fundamentally favorable in that direction.

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The retrieved literature consistently supports the foundational statistical mechanical basis for thermodynamic entropy increase (the second law), showing that statistical derivations of macroscopic irreversibility are well-established frameworks.

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First and Second Law of Quantum Thermodynamics: A Consistent Derivation Based on a Microscopic Definition of Entropy

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P. Strasberg, A. Winter. First and Second Law of Quantum Thermodynamics: A Consistent Derivation Based on a Microscopic Definition of Entropy. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1103/PRXQuantum.2.030202

This paper derives the laws of thermodynamics, including the second law, from microscopic foundations within statistical mechanics.

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Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, transport equations, and the second law of thermodynamics

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G. Martynov. Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, transport equations, and the second law of thermodynamics. 1996. https://doi.org/10.1070/PU1996v039n10ABEH000175

This study demonstrates how statistical mechanics (via the BBGKY hierarchy and Gibbs distribution) yields the second law of thermodynamics.

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Revisions of the Phenomenological and Statistical Statements of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

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G. Koczan, R. Zivieri. Revisions of the Phenomenological and Statistical Statements of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/e26121122

This work discusses the probabilistic schemes within statistical mechanics that describe the statistical tendency for entropy to increase.

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