Asymmetry: The Foundation of Information

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Beschreibung

As individual needs have arisen in the fields of physics, electrical engineering and computational science, each has created its own theories of information to serve as conceptual instruments for advancing developments. This book provides a coherent consolidation of information theories from these different fields. The author gives a survey of current theories and then introduces the underlying notion of symmetry, showing how information is related to the capacity of a system to distinguish itself. A formal methodology using group theory is employed and leads to the application of Burnside's Lemma to count distinguishable states. This provides a versatile tool for quantifying complexity and information capacity in any physical system. Written in an informal style, the book is accessible to all researchers in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, computational science as well as many others.

Über den Autor

Scott Muller graduated from the University of Queensland in Chemical Engineering specialising in biotechnology. He worked in Australia and Italy in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. In 2004 he received his doctorate from the University of Newcastle (Australia) where he studied the foundations of information and conducted research into the nature of "emergence". Recently he has worked on automated reasoning and expert systems in the telecommunications industry. Scott is currently developing industrial, adaptive decision-making systems using evolutionary programming techniques.

Zusammenfassung

This book gathers concepts of information across diverse fields: physics, electrical engineering and computational science. It surveys current theories, discusses underlying notions of symmetry, and shows how the capacity of a system to distinguish itself relates to information. The author develops a formal methodology using group theory, leading to the application of Burnside's Lemma to count distinguishable states. This provides a tool to quantify complexity and information capacity in any physical system.
Written in an informal style, the book is equally accessible to researchers in fields of physics, chemistry, biology, computational science as well as many others.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Information.- Information and Distinguishability.- Information and Symmetry.- Conclusion.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Genre:	Informatik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	The Frontiers Collection
Inhalt:	viii 165 S.
ISBN-13:	9783642089329
ISBN-10:	3642089321
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Muller, Scott J.
Auflage:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Hersteller:	Springer-Verlag GmbH Springer Berlin Heidelberg The Frontiers Collection
Maße:	235 x 155 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	Scott J. Muller
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.11.2010
Gewicht:	0,277 kg

Artikel-ID: 107175532

Über den Autor

Zusammenfassung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Information.- Information and Distinguishability.- Information and Symmetry.- Conclusion.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Genre:	Informatik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	The Frontiers Collection
Inhalt:	viii 165 S.
ISBN-13:	9783642089329
ISBN-10:	3642089321
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Muller, Scott J.
Auflage:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Hersteller:	Springer-Verlag GmbH Springer Berlin Heidelberg The Frontiers Collection
Maße:	235 x 155 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	Scott J. Muller
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.11.2010
Gewicht:	0,277 kg