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The paper deals with the calculation of the gravitational entropy in the context of teleparallel gravity for de Sitter space-time. In such a theory it is possible to define gravitational energy and pressure, thus we use those expressions to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-20 S. C. Ulhoa , E. P. Spaniol

Firstly, we calculate quantitatively decrease of entropy by the known formulas in the ordering phenomena and nucleation of thermodynamics of microstructure. They show again that a necessary condition of decrease of entropy in isolated…

General Physics · Physics 2009-05-04 Yi-Fang Chang

Thermodynamic entropy, as defined by Clausius, characterizes macroscopic observations of a system based on phenomenological quantities such as temperature and heat. In contrast, information-theoretic entropy, introduced by Shannon, is a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-04 Mirjam Weilenmann , Lea Krämer , Philippe Faist , Renato Renner

The paper presents a lightweight discussion of relations between energy, entropy, information, and intelligence, based on an analysis of the energy needed for computation.

Classical Physics · Physics 2012-10-29 Vladimir Cerny

Different notions of entropy play a fundamental role in the classical theory of dynamical systems. Unlike many other concepts used to analyze autonomous dynamics, both measure-theoretic and topological entropy can be extended quite…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-08-03 Christoph Kawan

We study entanglement entropy for an excited state by making use of the proposed holographic description of the entanglement entropy. For a sufficiently small entangling region and with reasonable identifications we find an equation between…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-08-30 Mohsen Alishahiha , Davood Allahbakhshi , Ali Naseh

Entropy concept was introduced by Clausius 160 years ago, and has been continually enriched, developed and interpreted by the researchers in many different scientific disciplines ever since. Thermodynamics and other scientific disciplines…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2017-11-21 Marko Popovic

Shannon's metric of "Entropy" of information is a foundational concept of information theory. This article is a primer for novices that presents an intuitive way of understanding, remembering, and/or reconstructing Shannon's Entropy metric…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-05-09 Sriram Vajapeyam

Shannon and Khinchin showed that assuming four information theoretic axioms the entropy must be of Boltzmann-Gibbs type, $S=-\sum_i p_i \log p_i$. Here we note that in physical systems one of these axioms may be violated. For non-ergodic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-03-19 Stefan Thurner , Rudolf Hanel

We employ classical thermodynamics to gain information about absolute entropy, without recourse to statistical methods, quantum mechanics or the Third Law of thermodynamics. The Gibbs-Duhem equation yields various simple methods to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-09-28 Andrew Steane

This is a review on entropy in various fields of mathematics and science. Its scope is to convey a unified vision of the classical as well as some newer entropy notions to a broad audience with an intermediate background in dynamical…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-02-08 José M. Amigó , Karsten Keller , Valentina Unakafova

The physical foundations of a variety of emerging technologies --- ranging from the applications of quantum entanglement in quantum information to the applications of nonequilibrium bulk and interface phenomena in microfluidics, biology,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-25 Gian Paolo Beretta , Enzo Zanchini

The thermal diffusion of a free particle is a random process and generates entropy at a rate equal to twice the particle temperature in natural units of information per second. The rate is calculated using a Gaussian process with a variance…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-09-20 John L. Haller

There are three ways to conceptualize entropy: entropy as an extensive thermodynamic quantity of physical systems (Clausius, Boltzmann, Gibbs), entropy as a measure for information production of ergodic sources (Shannon), and entropy as a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-11-05 Stefan Thurner , Bernat Corominas-Murtra , Rudolf Hanel

A dynamical estimate is given for the Boltzmann entropy of the Universe, under the simplifying assumptions provided by Newtonian cosmology. We first model the cosmological fluid as the probability fluid of a quantum-mechanical system. Next,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 D. Cabrera , P. Fernandez de Cordoba , J. M. Isidro

A brief review of the Hadron Gas model with reference to high energy heavy ion collisions is presented. The entropy dependence on temperature and baryonic chemical potential is numerically calculated, together with the entropy distribution…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Maciej Andrzej Stankiewicz

Thermodynamics is commonly presented as a theory of macroscopic systems in stable equilibrium, built upon assumptions of extensivity and scaling with system size. In this paper, we present a universal formulation of the elementary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-26 Gian Paolo Beretta

Entropy has emerged as a dynamic, interdisciplinary, and widely accepted quantitative measure of uncertainty across different disciplines. A unified understanding of entropy measures, supported by a detailed review of their theoretical…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-03-21 Naveen Kumar , Ambesh Dixit , Vivek Vijay

These lectures deal with the problem of inductive inference, that is, the problem of reasoning under conditions of incomplete information. Is there a general method for handling uncertainty? Or, at least, are there rules that could in…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2016-09-08 Ariel Caticha

This work analyzes different notions of entropy and its production in $ep$ and heavy-ion collisions, focusing on the early stages of the collision. To this end, the importance of phenomena such as quantum entanglement and decoherence in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-02-04 G. S. Ramos