We gratefully acknowledge support from
the Simons Foundation and member institutions.
Full-text links:

Download:

Current browse context:

physics.class-ph

Change to browse by:

References & Citations

Bookmark

(what is this?)
CiteULike logo BibSonomy logo Mendeley logo del.icio.us logo Digg logo Reddit logo

Physics > Classical Physics

Title: Eclectic Notes on Uncertainty, Information, and Classical Dynamics

Abstract: Information is everywhere in nature which is very uncertain and unpredictable. But information, in itself, is a very ambiguous term. In this cursory write-up, we attempt to understand the formal meaning of information by quantifying uncertainty and discuss how it naturally appears in two core topics of classical physics -- classical mechanics and statistical mechanics. In the process, we witness how the concepts of the information theory render a unique viewpoint in physics. Except for the presentation of the material, the author claims no originality; however, the responsibility of every inadvertent error lies entirely with the author.
Comments: Essentially the write-up is summarized lecture-notes of a course taken by UG and PG physics students of IIT Kanpur, India
Subjects: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
Cite as: arXiv:2404.13511 [physics.class-ph]
  (or arXiv:2404.13511v1 [physics.class-ph] for this version)

Submission history

From: Sagar Chakraborty [view email]
[v1] Sun, 21 Apr 2024 03:06:07 GMT (90kb)

Link back to: arXiv, form interface, contact.