Information loss as a foundational principle for the second law of thermodynamics

DOI10.1007/s10701-007-9159-zzbMath1129.82006arXivcond-mat/0703235OpenAlexW3104915840MaRDI QIDQ2473323

T. L. Duncan, J. S. Semura

Publication date: 27 February 2008

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0703235

zbMATH Keywords

InformationStatistical mechanicsEntropyThermodynamicsSecond law

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A05) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

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