Chapter 1

 

* U = f(x, y) where x and y are two independent variables e.g., P and V, P and T or T and V. Some authors represent this as U = U(x, y) or U = U(P, V) etc. Here the symbol ‘U’ after the equal to sign is to be read as a function of the variables.

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