What is it about?
Landauer's Principle is re-evaluated. Szilard's engine is demonstrated not to be consistent with Carnot's theorem, corroborating recent criticism by e.g. Earman and Norton. Wheeler's dictum 'it from bit' is further analyzed in connection with the 'erasure' process. A consistent account of the energy-entropy balance is suggested that accommodates non-equilibrium dissipative dynamics beyond the standard canonical ensemble.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
The description follows a steady state scenario that explicitly includes the time and the temperature. The analysis supports an integral understanding of the information process in terms of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics suggesting a reciprocal dictum 'bit from it' promoting a thermo-qubit syntax for communication pure and simple.
Perspectives
This article conceals a deeper foundation in that its attributes have a direct bearing on the Turing-Gödel 'entscheidungsproblem' that will be further discussed in a coming study.
Erkki Brändas
Uppsala Universitet
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Advances in Methods and Applications of Quantum Systems in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-52078-5.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
