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Brownian Computation is Thermodynamically Irreversible

Norton, John D. (2013) Brownian Computation is Thermodynamically Irreversible. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Brownian computers are supposed to illustrate how logically reversible mathematical operations can be computed by physical processes that are thermodynamically reversible or nearly so. In fact, they are thermodynamically irreversible processes that are the analog of an uncontrolled expansion of a gas into a vacuum.


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Item Type: Preprint
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Norton, John D.jdnorton@pitt.edu
Keywords: Brownian computation, entropy, fluctuations, thermodynamics of computation
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Computation/Information > Classical
Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics
Depositing User: John Norton
Date Deposited: 14 Sep 2013 12:53
Last Modified: 14 Sep 2013 12:53
Item ID: 10000
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Computation/Information > Classical
Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics
Date: 13 September 2013
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10000

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