All shook up: fluctuations, Maxwell's demon and the thermodynamics of computation

DOI10.3390/E15104432zbMATH Open1337.81038OpenAlexW2065204350MaRDI QIDQ280654FDOQ280654

John D. Norton

Publication date: 10 May 2016

Published in: Entropy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/e15104432

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zbMATH Keywords

entropyfluctuationscomputationMaxwell's demonthermodynamicsLandauer's principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Molecular physics (81V55) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

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