tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688138290971915830.post4004683387189792556..comments2024-03-25T21:35:47.298-07:00Comments on Interdependent Science: ThermodynamicsJimKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167191806249119508noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2688138290971915830.post-3884840213517052362018-11-30T12:10:46.227-08:002018-11-30T12:10:46.227-08:00Wow, I posted a link to this on the physics group ...Wow, I posted a link to this on the physics group in reddit. Somebody responded by referring to the Mermin-Wagner theorem. As I read it, it says that no amount of slow cooling is going to get this system to settle down to the kind of nice clean straight lines that I have initialized it too. The theorem presumably applies in the so-called thermodynamic limit, i.e. for systems much larger than this little toy. But still... fascinating! <br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermin%E2%80%93Wagner_theoremJimKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167191806249119508noreply@blogger.com