No reason for entropy reversal
There is no good reason to suppose that the entropy gradient will reverse and entropy decrease during the collapsing phase of the cycle. It would be extremely improbable for this to happen for just the reasons Boltzmann outlined in his statistical explanation of the Second Law.
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No reason for entropy reversal
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