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Tekoälykääntäjä

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Substantiivi

  1. (mathematics) An operation that transforms a physical system undergoing a sequence of events into one in which the events take place in the reverse sequence.
  2. (physics) T-symmetry.

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkotime reversals

(mathematics) An operation that transforms a physical system undergoing a sequence of events into one in which the events take place in the reverse sequence.

A toy called the teeter-totter illustrates, in cross-section, the two aspects of time reversal invariance. When set into motion atop a pedestal (rocking side to side, as in the image), the figure oscillates for a very long time. The toy is engineered to minimize friction and illustrate the reversibility of Newton's laws of motion. However, the mechanically stable state of the toy is when the figure falls down from the pedestal into one of arbitrarily many positions. This is an illustration of the law of increase of entropy through Boltzmann's identification of the logarithm of the number of states with the entropy.