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The central theme of this lecture is that there exists a surprisingly simple and general answer to the question posed in the title, provided that we frame the question statistically. I will present this result along with several derivations, and will discuss some of its implications and generalizations.
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Jarzynski, C. (2002). What Is the Microscopic Response of a System Driven Far From Equilibrium?. In: Garbaczewski, P., Olkiewicz, R. (eds) Dynamics of Dissipation. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 597. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46122-1_4
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