Inconsistency of the non-standard definition of work
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❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech
cond-mat.soft
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definitionnon-standardworkarbitraryarxivchangescond-matdepend
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We show that the recently postulated non-standard definition of work proportional to force variation rather than to displacement [A. Imparato and L. Peliti, cond-mat arXiv:0706.1134v1] is thermodynamically inconsistent at both microscopic and macroscopic scales and leads to non-physical results, including free energy changes that depend on arbitrary parameters.
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