Comment regarding "On the Crooks fluctuation theorem and the Jarzynski equality" [J. Chem. Phys. 129, 091101 (2008)] and "Nonequilibrium fluctuation-dissipation theorem of Brownian dynamics" [J. Chem. Phys. 129, 144113 (2008)].
The incongruous "unexpected inapplicability of the Crook's fluctuation theorem" is due to an inexplicable, inappropriate use of inconsistent expressions. The girding is secure.
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Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.