Information Dynamics and Open Systems: Classical and Quantum Approach (Fundamental Theories of Physics, 86)

This Book Has A Long History Of More Than 20 Years. The First Attempt To Write A Monograph On Information-theoretic Approach To Thermodynamics Was Done By One Of The Authors (rsi) In 1974 When He Published, In The Preprint Form, Two Volumes Of The Book Information Theory And Thermodynamics Concerning Classical And Quantum Information Theory, [153] (220 Pp.), [154] (185 Pp.). In Spite Of The Encouraging Remarks By Some Of The Readers, The Physical Part Of This Book Was Never Written Except For The First Chapter. Now This Material Is Written Completely Anew And In Much Greater Extent. A Few Years Earlier, In 1970, Second Author Of The Present Book, (ak), A Doctoral Student And Collaborator Of Rsi In Toruli, Published In Polish, Also As A Preprint, His Habilitation Dissertation Information-theoretical Decision Scheme In Quantum Statistical Mechanics [196] (96 Pp.). This Small Monograph Presented His Original Results In The Physical Part Of The Theory Developed In The Torun School. Unfortunately, This Preprint Was Never Published In English. The Present Book Contains All These Results In A Much More Modern And Developed Form. 1 Introduction -- 2 Classical Entropy -- 3 Quantum Entropy And Quantum Channel -- 4 Information Dynamics -- 5 Information Thermodynamics I -- 6 Information Thermodynamics Ii -- 7 Open Systems -- 8 Fractals With Information -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2. By R. S. Ingarden, A. Kossakowski, M. Ohya. This book aims to present an information-theoretical approach to thermodynamics and its generalisations. On the one hand, it generalises the concept of `information thermodynamics' to that of `information dynamics' in order to stress applications outside thermal phenomena. On the other hand, it is a synthesis of the dynamics of state change and the theory of complexity, which provide a common framework to treat both physical and nonphysical systems together. Both classical and quantum systems are discussed, and two appendices are included to explain principal definitions and some important aspects of the theory of Hilbert spaces and operator algebras. The concept of higher-order temperatures is explained and applied to biological and linguistic systems. The theory of open systems is presented in a new, much more general form. Audience: This volume is intended mainly for theoretical and mathematical physicists, but also for mathematicians, experimental physicists, physical chemists, theoretical biologists, communication engineers, and all those interested in entropy and open systems. It can also be recommended as a supplementary text Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-20 Classical Entropy....Pages 21-60 Quantum Entropy and Quantum Channel....Pages 61-103 Information Dynamics....Pages 105-120 Information Thermodynamics I....Pages 121-164 Information Thermodynamics II....Pages 165-193 Open Systems....Pages 195-228 Fractals with Information....Pages 229-262 Back Matter....Pages 263-310