Properties of Pathway Length and Information Economy

A pathway that is economically perfect in length and information terms offers a control variable X such that Qx=0- For a closed, single-component system, X and n are fixed. The specification of only one other variable Y is needed for locating every state point along the pathway. 

A worst-case pathway is one absent of a thermodynamic algorithm. The state point placements demonstrate a Brownian nature, whereby can be as high as infinity on length and information accounts. 

Anidealpathwayisone where,for control variable, 0.707 2 s 1. Atypical conditions enable transformations along perfect pathways. Typical conditions, by contrast, always admit systan programming via ideal pathways. 

Pathways for which none of the above applies are less than ideal. For control 

There are additional properties to note. First, the economy does not depend on the direction of travel. Regardless of which category applies to a pathway, the classification does not alter if the initial and final states are interchanged. 

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