Speck–Strain conjecture on the relativistic thermodynamic coordinate map

Let n>0n>0 and γ>0\gamma>0 denote the particle number density and inverse temperature, respectively, and let kB,e,m,c,hk_B,e,m,c,h be the Boltzmann constant, elementary charge, particle mass, speed of light, and Planck constant. Define SS and pp by

S=H(n,γ)=kBln(4πe4m3c2h3K2(γ)nγeγK1(γ)K2(γ)),S=\mathfrak{H}(n,\gamma)=k_B\ln\left(\frac{4\pi e^4m^3c^2h^{-3}K_2(\gamma)}{n\gamma}e^{\gamma\frac{K_1(\gamma)}{K_2(\gamma)}}\right), p=P(n,γ)=nmc2γ,p=\mathfrak{P}(n,\gamma)=\frac{nmc^2}{\gamma},

where K1K_1 and K2K_2 are the modified Bessel functions of the second kind. Speck–Strain's conjecture. The map

(n,γ)(H(n,γ),P(n,γ))(n,\gamma)\longmapsto(\mathfrak{H}(n,\gamma),\mathfrak{P}(n,\gamma))

is a diffeomorphism of (0,)×(0,)(0,\infty)\times(0,\infty) onto itself. This conjecture concerns the global invertibility of the relativistic thermodynamic variables; the supplied source does not indicate whether it has been resolved.

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Tommaso Ruggeri, Qinghua Xiao and HuiJiang Zhao, “The Riemann problem of relativistic Euler system with Synge energy”, arXiv:2001.04128 (2020).

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