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Information in statistical physics — mentioned by kgwgk

Sat, 14 Dec 2024 17:52:58 GMT

That misguided attempt has resulted in full graduate courses and textbooks. Maybe one look is not all that it takes to fully assess its worthiness. https://www.amazon.com/Microphysics-Macrophysics-Application... https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/0501322

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Information in statistical physics — mentioned by kgwgk

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:45:16 GMT

> not very compatible with Shannon's usage in any but the shallowest sense The connection is not so shallow, there are entire books based on it. “The concept of information, intimately connected with that of probability, gives indeed insight on questions of statistical mechanics such as the meaning of irreversibility. This concept was introduced in statistical physics by Brillouin (1956) and Jaynes (1957) soon after its discovery by Shannon in 1948 (Shannon and Weaver, 1949). An immense literature has since then been published, ranging from research articles to textbooks. The variety of…

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Information in statistical physics — mentioned by kgwgk

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 05:40:06 GMT

Ok, so we agree that probability is not a part of physics. I also agree that the question of how to apply probability in physics is interesting. I’m not sure about the “nobody knows” though. I would say that statistical mechanics has been quite successful in “knowing”: https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/0501322

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