On the thermodynamical cost of some interpretations of quantum theory

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2018.01.002zbMath1395.81013arXiv1706.01050OpenAlexW2964011881MaRDI QIDQ1672361

Carina E. A. Prunkl, Christopher Gordon Timpson

Publication date: 7 September 2018

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.01050

zbMATH Keywords

thermodynamicscomputational mechanicsLandauer's principlequantum interpretations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probabilistic models, generic numerical methods in probability and statistics (65C20) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10)

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