Statistical vs. thermodynamic concept of entropy
Franjo Sokolić & Tomislav Primorac
University of Split, Croatia
At the beginning entropy was introduced by R. Clausius in the study concerning the efficiency of the thermal machines, generalizing the ideas of S. Carnot, by
The statistical notion of entropy is introduced by L. Boltzmann by
and by W. Gibbs
The question is: Are there any differences between the three definitions of entropy? We will discuss problems in which the possible differences between these definitions may appear.