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Physical laws for elementary particles can be described by the quantum dynamics equation given a Hamiltonian. The solution are probability amplitudes in Hilbert space that evolve over time. A probability density function over position and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-02 Davi Geiger , Zvi M. Kedem

In this paper the problem is posed of determining the physically-meaningful asymptotic orderings holding for the statistical description of a large $N-$body system of hard spheres,\textit{ i.e.,} formed by $N\equiv\frac{1}{\varepsilon}…

Classical Physics · Physics 2017-04-26 Massimo Tessarotto , Claudio Asci

We consider devices with two inputs and two outputs, Alice and Bob each having access to one input and one output. To such a device we associate time-reverses by exchanging the roles of the inputs and the outputs. We find that there are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-08-11 Bob Coecke , Raymond Lal

What makes a computational problem easy (e.g., in P, that is, solvable in polynomial time) or hard (e.g., NP-hard)? This fundamental question now has a satisfactory answer for a quite broad class of computational problems, so called…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-09-12 Libor Barto

Is the universe computable? If yes, is it computationally a polynomial place? In standard quantum mechanics, which permits infinite parallelism and the infinitely precise specification of states, a negative answer to both questions is not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Srikanth

Our universe seems to be radiation dominated at early times, and vacuum energy dominated at late times. When we consider the maximal analytic extension of this spacetime, its symmetries and complex analytic properties suggest a picture in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-15 Latham Boyle , Neil Turok

Frauchiger and Renner recently cast doubt on the universal applicability of Quantum Mechanics [1]. In the following, it is pointed out that their conclusion of one of three common-sense conditions, demanded for Quantum Mechanics, being…

General Physics · Physics 2020-04-23 Knud Thomsen

In the Cadassian universe, one can explain the acceleration of the universe without introducing dark energy component. However, the dynamical equations of this model can not be directly obtained from the action principle. Recently, works on…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-07-08 Chao-Jun Feng , Xin-Zhou Li , Xian-Yong Shen

This paper investigates the influence of extra dimensions on the nature of the arrow of time. We demonstrate that the observed arrow of time can be explained by the monotonic growth of the multidimensional manifold's volume. Unlike…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-03 Sergey G. Rubin

While the basic laws of physics seem time-reversal invariant, our understanding of the apparent irreversibility of the macroscopic world is well grounded in the notion of entropy. Because astrophysics deals with the largest structures in…

General Physics · Physics 2015-07-30 David Garofalo

The concept of entropy in nonequilibrium macroscopic systems is investigated in the light of an extended equation of motion for the density matrix obtained in a previous study. It is found that a time-dependent information entropy can be…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. T. Grandy

The paper deals with the mechanism of particle creation in the framework of irreversible thermodynamics. The second order non-equilibrium thermodynamical prescription of Israel and Stewart has been presented with particle creation rate,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-05-04 Subenoy Chakraborty , Subhajit Saha

The issue of the thermodynamics of a system of distinguishable particles is discussed in this paper. In constructing the statistical mechanics of distinguishable particles from the definition of Boltzmann entropy, it is found that the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2009-12-03 Chi-Ho Cheng

Scientists continue to wrestle with the enigma of time. Is time a dynamic or a fundamental property of spacetime? Why does it have an arrow pointing from past to future? Why are physical laws time-symmetric in a universe with broken…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-15 L. Mersini-Houghton

As it follows from G\"odel's incompleteness theorems, any consistent formal system of axioms and rules of inference should imply a true unprovable statement. Actually, this fundamental principle can be efficiently applicable in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-11-25 Roman Galay , Daniil Kalistratov

Many practical problems in almost all scientific and technological disciplines have been classified as computationally hard (NP-hard or even NP-complete). In life sciences, combinatorial optimization problems frequently arise in molecular…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-19 H. Jose Antonio Martin

A definition of entropy via the Kolmogorov algorithmic complexity is discussed. As examples, we show how the meanfield theory for the Ising model, and the entropy of a perfect gas can be recovered. The connection with computations are…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Somendra M. Bhattacharjee

One out of many emerging implications from solutions of Einstein's general relativity equations are closed timelike curves (CTCs), which are trajectories through spacetime that allow for time travel to the past without exceeding the speed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-02-13 Małgorzata Bartkiewicz , Andrzej Grudka , Ryszard Horodecki , Justyna Łodyga , Jacek Wychowaniec

We lay the foundations of a new theory for algorithms and computational complexity by parameterizing the instances of a computational problem as a moduli scheme. Considering the geometry of the scheme associated to 3-SAT, we separate P and…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Ali Çivril

The dynamical justifications which lie at the basis of an effective Statistical Mechanics for self gravitating systems are formulated, analyzing some among the well known obstacles thought to prevent a rigorous Statistical treatment. It is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Piero Cipriani , Marco Pettini