Matrix inequalities in Statistical Mechanics

• Author(s): Bebiano, N. ; Providência Jr., J. da ; Lemos, R.
• Date: 2003
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/11431
• Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
• Document Type: Preprint
• Language: English

Description

Some matrix inequalities used in statistical mechanics are presented. A straightforward proof of the Thermodynamic Inequality is given and its equivalence to the Peierls–Bogoliubov inequality is shown.