Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics inspired by modern information theory

DOI10.3390/E15125346zbMATH Open1341.82046OpenAlexW2017749252MaRDI QIDQ280742FDOQ280742

Authors: Oscar C. O. Dahlsten 

Publication date: 10 May 2016

Published in: Entropy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/e15125346

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zbMATH Keywords

Maxwell's daemonnon-equilibrium statistical mechanicssingle-shot information theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics (62B10) Foundations of time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C03)

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• Thermodynamics of Quantum Information Systems — Hamiltonian Description
• The Operational Meaning of Min- and Max-Entropy
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• Min- and Max-Relative Entropies and a New Entanglement Monotone

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