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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| Keywords: | Brownian computation, entropy, fluctuations, thermodynamics of computation | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Computation/Information > Classical Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
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| 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 |
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| Date: | 13 September 2013 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10000 |
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