The physical character of information

DOI10.1098/rspa.2009.0063zbMath1186.94419WikidataQ30054656 ScholiaQ30054656MaRDI QIDQ3561955

Kimmo Pääkkönen, Arto Annila, Mahesh Karnani

Publication date: 19 May 2010

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/vol465/issue2107/

zbMATH Keywords

entropy; communication; free energy; evolution; natural selection; energy transduction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82B03: Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics

94A17: Measures of information, entropy

92D10: Genetics and epigenetics

94A15: Information theory (general)

92B05: General biology and biomathematics

94A05: Communication theory

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