Conditioning, Correlation and Entropy Generation in Maxwell’s Demon
Maxwell’s Demon conspires to use information about the state of a confined molecule in a Szilard engine (randomly frozen into a state subspace by his own actions) to derive work from a single-temperature heat bath. It is widely accepted that, if the Demon can achieve this at all, he can do so withou...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2013-10-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/10/4243 |