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We establish an algebraic criterion which ensures the strict positivity of the entropy production in quantum models consisting of a small system coupled to thermal reservoirs at different temperatures.
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Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000). 46L05, 81Q10, 82C10, 82C70.
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Aschbacher, W.H., Spohn, H. A Remark on the Strict Positivity of the Entropy Production. Lett Math Phys 75, 17–23 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-005-0035-5
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