English

Isotropy, entropy, and energy scaling

Information Theory 2012-05-04 v9 math.IT Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems

Abstract

Two principles explain emergence. First, in the Receipt's reference frame, Deg(S) = 4/3 Deg(R), where Supply S is an isotropic radiative energy source, Receipt R receives S's energy, and Deg is a system's degrees of freedom based on its mean path length. S's 1/3 more degrees of freedom relative to R enables R's growth and increasing complexity. Second, rho(R) = Deg(R) times rho(r), where rho(R) represents the collective rate of R and rho(r) represents the rate of an individual in R: as Deg(R) increases due to the first principle, the multiplier effect of networking in R increases. A universe like ours with isotropic energy distribution, in which both principles are operative, is therefore predisposed to exhibit emergence, and, for reasons shown, a ubiquitous role for the natural logarithm.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0805.1715,
  title  = {Isotropy, entropy, and energy scaling},
  author = {Robert Shour},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.1715},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

v2 scaling focus; v3 isotropy focus; v4: revises a nat log thm; v5-8: isotropy and degrees of freedom focus with corrected proofreading; v9-10: rewrite of v5-8

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