On the arrow of time

Y. Charles Li; Hong Yang

doi:10.3934/dcdss.2014.7.1287

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2014, Volume 7, Issue 6: 1287-1303. Doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2014.7.1287

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On the arrow of time

Y. Charles Li^1, and
Hong Yang^2,

1.
Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
2.
Mathematics of Networks and Communications Research Department, Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974

Received: January 2013

Revised: August 2013

Published: December 2014

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We believe the following three ingredients are enough to explain the mystery of the arrow of time: (1). equations of dynamics of gas molecules, (2). chaotic instabilities of the equations of dynamics, (3). unavoidable perturbations to the gas molecules. The level of physical rigor or mathematical rigor that can be reached for such a theory is unclear.

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Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 82; Secondary: 37.

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