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  2. Entropy (information theory) - Wikipedia

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    For example, the differential entropy can be negative; also it is not invariant under continuous co-ordinate transformations. This problem may be illustrated by a change of units when x is a dimensioned variable. f(x) will then have the units of 1/x. The argument of the logarithm must be dimensionless, otherwise it is improper, so that the ...

  3. Entropy as an arrow of time - Wikipedia

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    Entropy is one of the few quantities in the physical sciences that require a particular direction for time, sometimes called an arrow of time. As one goes "forward" in time, the second law of thermodynamics says, the entropy of an isolated system can increase, but not decrease. Thus, entropy measurement is a way of distinguishing the past from ...

  4. Entropy - Wikipedia

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    However, the heat transferred to or from the surroundings is different as well as its entropy change. We can calculate the change of entropy only by integrating the above formula. To obtain the absolute value of the entropy, we consider the third law of thermodynamics: perfect crystals at the absolute zero have an entropy =.

  5. Entropy (classical thermodynamics) - Wikipedia

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    The definition of entropy is central to the establishment of the second law of thermodynamics, which states that the entropy of isolated systems cannot decrease with time, as they always tend to arrive at a state of thermodynamic equilibrium, where the entropy is highest. Entropy is therefore also considered to be a measure of disorder in the ...

  6. Laws of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    In general, entropy is related to the number of possible microstates according to the Boltzmann principle S = k B l n Ω {\displaystyle S=k_{\mathrm {B} }\,\mathrm {ln} \,\Omega } where S is the entropy of the system, k B is the Boltzmann constant , and Ω the number of microstates.

  7. Introduction to entropy - Wikipedia

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    The information entropy expressed with the unit shannon (Sh) is equal to the number of yes–no questions that need to be answered in order to determine the microstate from the macrostate. The concepts of "disorder" and "spreading" can be analyzed with this information entropy concept in mind.

  8. Mutual information - Wikipedia

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    It can be shown that if a system is described by a probability density in phase space, then Liouville's theorem implies that the joint information (negative of the joint entropy) of the distribution remains constant in time. The joint information is equal to the mutual information plus the sum of all the marginal information (negative of the ...

  9. Entropy in thermodynamics and information theory - Wikipedia

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    This can only be achieved under information-preserving microscopically deterministic dynamics if the uncertainty is somehow dumped somewhere else – i.e. if the entropy of the environment (or the non information-bearing degrees of freedom) is increased by at least an equivalent amount, as required by the Second Law, by gaining an appropriate ...