A Coherent View on Entropy
Quantum Physics
2014-05-01 v4 Statistical Mechanics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
Informational entropy is often identified as physical entropy. This is surprising because the two quantities are differently defined and furthermore the former is a subjective quantity while the latter is an objective one. We describe the problems and then present a possible view that reconciles the two entropies. Informational entropy of a system is interpreted as physical entropy of a whole composed of both the system and "memories" containing information about the system.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0806.2749,
title = {A Coherent View on Entropy},
author = {Won-Young Hwang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.2749},
year = {2014}
}
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Published version, 4 pages