Asymmetry: the foundation of information.
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Asymmetry: the foundation of information.
zbMATH Open document ID: 1120.94008
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69884-5
author: Scott J. Muller
published in: The Frontiers Collection
publication date: 2007-06-11T00:00:00Z
review text: This essay is based on the idea that information is mainly created by asymmetry. This is not too much surprising to the reviewer, as far as asymmetry creates forms which themselves generate information. This tract involves two main parts: the first one (more or less 60 pages) which can be thought of as a background on information theory (thermodynamics, algorithmics, encoding) with some introductory comments to the sequel, and the second part, the core of the book (70~p.) which analyzes the relation between information and symmetry. The book is easy to read\dots with practically no mathematics, which is not so bad. In our opinion, the concept of informational divergence is quite relevant and related to the author's concern, and as such, papers like Gatlin's and Kullback's, for instance, could be valuably mentioned in the reference list.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 94A15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 94-01
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 81P68
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 82B03
zbMATH DE Number: 5163569
zbMATH Keywords: quantum information
zbMATH Keywords: thermodynamics
zbMATH Keywords: maximum entropy
zbMATH Keywords: statistical mechanics
reviewed by: Guy Jumarie
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69884-5
OpenAlex ID: W571957523
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5163569