Entropic probability and context states

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Autori principali: Schumacher, Benjamin, Westmoreland, Michael D.
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author Schumacher, Benjamin
Westmoreland, Michael D.
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Westmoreland, Michael D.
contents In a previous paper, we introduced an axiomatic system for information thermodynamics, deriving an entropy function that includes both thermodynamic and information components. From this function we derived an entropic probability distribution for certain uniform collections of states. Here we extend the concept of entropic probability to more general collections, augmenting the states by reservoir and context states. This leads to an abstract concept of free energy and establishes a relation between free energy, information erasure, and generalized work.
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spellingShingle Entropic probability and context states
Schumacher, Benjamin
Westmoreland, Michael D.
Quantum Physics
In a previous paper, we introduced an axiomatic system for information thermodynamics, deriving an entropy function that includes both thermodynamic and information components. From this function we derived an entropic probability distribution for certain uniform collections of states. Here we extend the concept of entropic probability to more general collections, augmenting the states by reservoir and context states. This leads to an abstract concept of free energy and establishes a relation between free energy, information erasure, and generalized work.
title Entropic probability and context states
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.12430