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It is shown that the stationary probability distributions of master equations in the leading order of the system-size are the Lyapounov functions of the corresponding kinetic equations and may be candidates of the potentials of the systems far from equilibrium.
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Gang, H. Lyapounov function and stationary probability distributions. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 65, 103–106 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01308404
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01308404