Information is not physical
Quantum Physics
2014-02-12 v1
Abstract
The standard relations between information theory and thermodynamics are challenged. The Szilard engine is revisited and the bound proposed by Landauer is replaced by a different one which includes errors in information processing. Instead of equivalence, complementarity of information and thermodynamical entropy is advocated. Finally, the relations between error correction and self-replication of states which can carry information are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1402.2414,
title = {Information is not physical},
author = {Robert Alicki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.2414},
year = {2014}
}
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13 pages, 2 figures