Maxwell's Demon and Data Compression
Classical Physics
2011-12-13 v1 Statistical Mechanics
History and Philosophy of Physics
Abstract
In an asymmetric Szilard engine model of Maxwell's demon, we show the equivalence between information theoretical and thermodynamic entropies when the demon erases information optimally. The work gain by the engine can be exactly canceled out by the work necessary to reset demon's memory after optimal data compression a la Shannon before the erasure.
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@article{arxiv.1110.4732,
title = {Maxwell's Demon and Data Compression},
author = {Akio Hosoya and Koji Maruyama and Yutaka Shikano},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.4732},
year = {2011}
}
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6 pages, 4 figures