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Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Peter Bürgisser , Mahmut Levent Doğan , Visu Makam , Michael Walter , Avi Wigderson

We propose a measure based upon the fundamental theoretical concept in algorithmic information theory that provides a natural approach to the problem of evaluating $n$-dimensional complexity by using an $n$-dimensional deterministic Turing…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-08-27 Hector Zenil , Fernando Soler-Toscano , Jean-Paul Delahaye , Nicolas Gauvrit

A literature review of related articles, either by affinity or by contrast, to a fundamental theory of time and space - time previously developed. It shows how from a primitive concept of preparticle and membership relation of set theory,…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2015-08-10 Maximo Garcia Sucre

The higher than classical efficiency exhibited by some quantum algorithms is here ascribed to their non-mechanistic character, which becomes evident by joining the notions of entanglement and quantum measurement. Measurement analogically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Giuseppe Castagnoli , Dalida Monti

The emergence of a direction of time in statistical mechanics from an underlying time-reversal-invariant dynamics is explained by examining a simple model. The manner in which time-reversal symmetry is preserved and the role of initial…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Vinay Ambegaokar , Aashish Clerk

We develop a complexity theory for approximate real computations. We first produce a theory for exact computations but with condition numbers. The input size depends on a condition number, which is not assumed known by the machine. The…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-05-05 Gregorio Malajovich , Mike Shub

The time evolution of complex systems usually can be described through stochastic processes. These processes are measured at finite resolution, what necessarily reduces them to finite sequences of real numbers. In order to relate these data…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 D. M. Tavares , L. S. Lucena

The deep connection between entropy and information is discussed in terms of both classical and quantum physics. The mechanism of information transfer between systems via entanglement is explored in the context of decoherence theory. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-05 Martin Paul Vaughan

We formalize the concept of subtime -- a reversible mode of information interchange within entangled systems -- and show how classical time emerges as an asymptotic limit through decoherence. Building on the photon clock model, in which a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Paul L. Borrill

The nonvanishing problem asks if a coefficient of a polynomial is nonzero. Many families of polynomials in algebraic combinatorics admit combinatorial counting rules and simultaneously enjoy having saturated Newton polytopes (SNP). Thereby,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-03-09 Anshul Adve , Colleen Robichaux , Alexander Yong

In several previous papers we have argued for a global and non-entropic approach to the problem of the arrow of time, according to which the ''arrow'' is only a metaphorical way of expressing the geometrical time-asymmetry of the universe.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Matias Aiello , Mario Castagnino , Olimpia Lombardi

We show that the holographic Complexity = Volume proposal satisfies a very general notion of Momentum/Complexity correspondence (PC), based on the Momentum Constraint of General Relativity. It relates the rate of complexity variation with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-07 J. L. F. Barbon , J. Martin-Garcia , M. Sasieta

The Lorentz lattice gas is studied from the perspective of computational complexity theory. It is shown that using massive parallelism, particle trajectories can be simulated in a time that scales logarithmically in the length of the…

comp-gas · Physics 2009-10-28 J. Machta , K. Moriarty

We produce a probabilistic space from logic, both classical and quantum, which is in addition partially ordered in such a way that entropy is monotone. In particular do we establish the following equation: Quantitative Probability = Logic +…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 Bob Coecke

Temporal coherence is a fundamental property of macroscopic quantum systems, such as lasers in optics and Bose-Einstein condensates in atomic gases and it is a crucial issue for interferometry applications with light or matter waves.…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-05-13 Alice Sinatra , Yvan Castin , Emilia Witkowska

In the paper we present results to develop an irreducible theory of complex systems in terms of self-organization processes of prime integer relations. Based on the integers and controlled by arithmetic only the self-organization processes…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 Victor Korotkikh , Galina Korotkikh

Irreversibility is a fundamental concept with important implications at many levels. It pinpoints the fundamental difference between the intrinsically reversible microscopic equations of motion and the unidirectional arrow of time that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 T. B. Batalhao , S. Gherardini , J. P. Santos , G. T. Landi , M. Paternostro

This work explores Boltzmann's time hypothesis, which associates the perceived direction of "time flow" with the second law of thermodynamics. We discuss mechanisms that can be responsible for the action of the second law, for directional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-12 A. Y. Klimenko

We prove the existence and uniqueness of a strong solution of a stochastic differential equation with normal reflection representing the random motion of finitely many globules. Each globule is a sphere with time-dependent random radius and…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-02-16 Myriam Fradon

Self-replication is central to all life, and yet how it dynamically emerges in physical, non-equilibrium systems remains poorly understood. Von Neumann's pioneering work in the 1940s and subsequent developments suggest a natural hypothesis:…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2025-10-10 Jordan Cotler , Clément Hongler , Barbora Hudcová