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The 12 pages that link to Fluctuation theorem, each with the reason it gives.

• Second law of thermodynamicsRelated: It refines the law for small systems, where temporary entropy decreases can occur.

• Ludwig BoltzmannRelated: It extends the probabilistic perspective that makes macroscopic irreversibility compatible with microscopic dynamics.

• Irreversible processRelated: It shows how microscopic reversals coexist with macroscopic irreversibility.

• Entropy productionRelated: These relations quantify how finite-time fluctuations can temporarily oppose average entropy production.

• Arrow of timeRelated: It quantifies why small systems can briefly run against the usual thermodynamic direction.

• Maxwell's demonRelated: It replaces an absolute prohibition on brief entropy decreases with precise probabilistic limits.

• Loschmidt's paradoxRelated: It makes room for occasional entropy decreases without denying the statistical tendency toward increase.

• Nonequilibrium thermodynamicsRelated: It quantifies irreversibility beyond average near-equilibrium behavior.

• Boltzmann brainRelated: It formalizes the broader possibility of temporary entropy decreases.

• Thermodynamic free energyRelated: It extends free-energy relationships to systems undergoing finite, fluctuating transformations.

• Entropy as an arrow of timeRelated: It shows that the second law is statistical, not an absolute ban on short-lived reversals.