minimienergin
Minimienergin, literally "the minimum energy" in Swedish, refers to the broad idea that physical systems tend to adopt configurations that minimize a relevant energy functional under given constraints. It is a central, unifying concept across physics, chemistry, and engineering, expressed in various forms depending on the system and the chosen variables.
In classical and quantum contexts, minimienergin appears as a variational principle. For a system described by
In thermodynamics, equilibrium corresponds to extrema of appropriate thermodynamic potentials under given constraints. For isolated systems,
Applications of minimienergin include determining molecular geometries, crystal structures, and reaction pathways, as well as guiding