Memory systems, computation, and the second law of thermodynamics

DOI10.1007/BF00670829zbMath0791.68060MaRDI QIDQ1190606

David H. Wolpert

Publication date: 26 September 1992

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

reversible computationcomputer memoriesmemory in abstract computer programsmemory in photographspsychological arrow of timetemporal reversibility

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A99)

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