[18] The system does comply with the nonlinear thermodynamics of a system œar from equilibrium. E.g., Prigogine received the Nobel Prize œor significantly developing this new field. For a detailed technical presentation of nonlinear thermodynamics of a system far from thermodynamic equilibrium, see G. Nicolis and I. Prigogine, Explorinq Complexity, Piper, Munich, 1987. Such systems can exhibit negentropy, self-organization, and other effects outside the confines of classical thermodynamics. Since local symmetry is broken, they can also permissibly exhibit overunity coefficient of perœormance.

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