Because if it's irreversible, it's very likely that I don't know what the pressure inside the system is doing while this is happening.

因为对不可逆过程，系统内部的压强,没有明确的定义,气体不处于平衡态。

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PROFESSOR: Great question. So the question is, how do you choose an algorithm, why would I choose to use a pseudo-polynomial algorithm when I don't know how big the solution is likely to be, I think that's one way to think about it.

教授：问得好，所以问题是，你怎样选择算法，为什么当我,不知道解决方案会有多大的时候,我要选伪多项式算法呢，我想这是一种思考问题的方式。

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