Quantitative assessment of increasing complexity

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSA.2016.12.091MaRDI QIDQ1620564zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors L. P. Csernai, S. F. Spinnangr, S. Velle

Publication date 13 November 2018

Published in Physica A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.04637

zbMATH Keywords

complexitydevelopmententropysustainability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Protein sequences, DNA sequences (92D20)

Abstract: We study the build up of complexity on the example of 1 kg matter in different forms. We start on the simplest example of ideal gases, and then continue with more complex chemical, biological, life and social and technical structures. We assess the complexity of these systems quantitatively, based on their entropy. We present a method to attribute the same entropy to known physical systems and to complex organic molecules up to a DNA. The important steps in this program and the basic obstacles are discussed.

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