An introductory chapter summarizes the demons life, from maxwells illustration of the second laws statistical nature to the most recent exorcism of the demon based on a need periodically to erase its memory. Maxwells demon and the thermodynamics of computation. Maxwell in 1867 in order to show that the second law of thermodynamics is not universal, since it has a counterexample. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. Entropy, information, computing princeton series in physics on. Entropy, classical and quantum information, computing find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Maxwells demon and the entropy cost of information. We present an analysis of szilards onemolecule maxwells demon, including a detailed entropy accounting, that suggests a general theory of the entropy cost of information. Entropy, classical and quantum information, computing retains many of the seminal papers that appeared in the first edition, including the original thoughts of james clerk maxwell and. Quantum computing for everyone available for download and read online in other formats. Bennett ibm research division, yorktown heights, ny 10598, usa.
Maxwells demon is a hypothetical character that uses information about a system to reduce its entropy, highlighting the link between information and. Download pdf quantum computing for everyone book full free. Quantum computing for everyone pdf epub download cause. Quantum computation and quantum information michael a. Download product flyer is to download pdf in new tab. Elements of information theory download ebook pdf, epub. Download pdf save cite this item table of contents. Entropy, classical and quantum information, computing, edited by leff and. An annotated chronological bibliography is included. Pdf download maxwells demon 2 entropy classical and quantum information computing read full. Entropy, classical and quantum information, computing retains many of the seminal papers that appeared in the first edition, including the original thoughts of james clerk. Use reflecting walls to implement delays of 2,3, or n your choice in lga. Maxwells demon 2 entropy, classical and quantum information, computing. On the other hand, if the demon is not assumed to obey the second law, no supposition about.
It is generally accepted, following landauer and bennett, that the process of measurement involves no minimum entropy cost, but the erasure of information in. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Max richter on the nature of daylight entropy video. Entropy, information, computing makes the key literature easily available and helps with the crossfertilisation of ideas in different disciplines. He imagined an entity since personified as mawells demon which could sort molecules into hot and cold and thereby create differences of temperature spontaneously, apparently violating the second. Earman and norton have pointed out with some justice that landauers principle appears both unnecessary and insufficient as an exorcism maxwells demon because if the demon is a thermodynamic system already governed by the second law, no further supposition about information and entropy is needed to save the second law.
Fascination with the demon persisted throughout the development of statistical and quantum physics, information theory, and computer science, and links have been established between maxwell s demon and each of these disciplines. Entropy, information, computing in 1990, maxwells demon has been the subject of renewed and increased. Notes on landauers principle, reversible computation, and. Entropy, information, computing princeton university press, princeton, nj, 1990. Pdf we introduce and investigate a simple and explicitly mechanical model of maxwells demona device that interacts. Quantumcomputingforeveryone also available in docx and mobi. From quantum computing to m theorythe new physics of information pdf download george johnson, a shortcut through time, the author combines the latest advances in mathematics and physics with groundbreaking computer science to examine the possibility for the development of the. Entropy, classical and quantum information, computing, is an updated and expanded version of the original. Entropy, classical and quantum information, computing by harvey leff and andrew f rex topics. Entropy, classical and quantum information, computing retains many of the seminal papers that appeared in the first edition, including the original thoughts of james clerk maxwell and william thomson. Some of the material in the first edition maxwells demon. Building on a model introduced by mandal and jarzynski proc. A discussion of the negentropy principle of information introduces the authors renowned examination of maxwells demon. Entropy, information, computing in 1990, maxwells demon has been the subject of renewed and increased interest by.
Helpfully indexed, with an exhaustive bibliography and an 88page annotated chronological bibliography. Concluding chapters explore the associations between information theory, the uncertainty principle, and physical limits of observation, in addition to problems related to computing, organizing information, and inevitable errors. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. A century and a half ago, maxwell introduced a thought experiment to illustrate the difficulties which arise in trying to apply the second law of thermodynamics at the level of molecules. An autonomous and reversible maxwells demon iopscience. Entropy in thermodynamics and information theory wikipedia. Informationtowork conversion by maxwells demon in a. Click download or read online button to get elements of information theory book now. Entropy, classical and quantum information, computing. As the dictionary entry above shows, maxwells demon is no more than a simple idea. Entropy, information, computing download free ebooks for kindle harvey s. The most successful exorcism of maxwells demon is smoluchowskis 1912 observation that thermal fluctuations would likely disrupt the operation of any molecularscale demonic machine. An introductory chapter summarizes the demons life, from maxwells illustration of the second laws statistical nature to the most recent exorcism of the demon based on a need periodically to erase its.
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Maxwells demon 2 entropy, classical and quantum information, computing crc press book. Maxwells demon is a thought experiment devised by j. We describe a minimal model of an autonomous maxwell demon, a device that delivers work by rectifying thermal fluctuations while simultaneously writing information to a memory register. Notes on landauers principle, reversible computation, and maxwells demon charles h. In the thought experiment, a demon controls a small door between two chambers of gas. Entropy, information, computing 1990 has been omitted to accommodate more recent contributions to an exploding field. Entropy, information, computing princeton series in physics paperback july 14, 2014. Maxwells demon in the quantumzeno regime and beyond. This option allows users to search by publication, volume and page selecting this option will search the current publication in context. From maxwells demon to landauers eraser eric lutz is a professor of theoretical physics at the university of erlangennuremberg in erlangen, germany.
By changing the entropy of a tape consisting of a sequence of bits passing through the demon, the demon can lift a mass using the coupling to a heat bath. Chapter 4 maxwells demon, information erasure, and computing. Entropy, classical and quantum information, computing institute of physics publishing, bristol. Maxwells demon 2 entropy, classical and quantum information, computing by harvey leff, andrew f. Arguments for reconciling maxwells demon with the second law based on the impossibility of information acquisition talk pdf szilard, on the decrease of entropy in a thermodynamic system by the intervention of intelligent beings original from 1929, translation in maxwells demon. Maxwells demon and the second law of thermodynamics. A later tradition sought to exorcise maxwells demon by assessing the entropic cost. It is shown that the entropy of the demon increases during the expansion step, due to the decoupling of the molecule from the measurement information. Maxwells demon and the thermodynamics of computation jeffrey.
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