Some Consequences of the Thermodynamic Cost of System Identification

The concept of a “system” is foundational to physics, but the question of how observers identify systems is seldom addressed. Classical thermodynamics restricts observers to finite, finite-resolution observations with which to identify the systems on which “pointer stat...

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Main Author: Chris Fields
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-10-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/20/10/797