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arxiv: 0806.2749 · v4 · pith:WB7F7AXNnew · submitted 2008-06-17 · 🪐 quant-ph · cond-mat.stat-mech· gr-qc

A Coherent View on Entropy

classification 🪐 quant-ph cond-mat.stat-mechgr-qc
keywords entropysysteminformationalphysicalviewbecausecoherentcomposed
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Informational entropy is often identified as physical entropy. This is surprising because the two quantities are differently defined and furthermore the former is a subjective quantity while the latter is an objective one. We describe the problems and then present a possible view that reconciles the two entropies. Informational entropy of a system is interpreted as physical entropy of a whole composed of both the system and "memories" containing information about the system.

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