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Probability arises from entropy in axiomatic information thermodynamics

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Abstract

Axiomatic information thermodynamics (Entropy 2018, 20(4), 237) is a formal mathematical system that describes thermodynamic processes including those in which information is acquired, transformed or discarded. A central concept in the theory is the "eidostate", which is a simple array of possible states, including both thermodynamic macrostates and information records. Well-motivated axioms lead to an entropy function that describes the irreversibility of eidostate processes, and this function in turn leads to a unique probability measure for the states and records in a uniform eidostate. Does this development shed light on the kinds of reasoning available to physical agents that observe and intervene in the quantum world?

Presenters

  • Michael Westmoreland

    Denison University

Authors

  • Michael Westmoreland

    Denison University