Title :
The Boltzmann entropy and randomness tests
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Boston Univ., MA, USA
Abstract :
In the context of the dynamical systems of classical mechanics, we introduce two new notions called “algorithmic fine-grain and coarse-grain entropy”. The fine-grain algorithmic entropy is, on the one hand, a simple variant of the Martin-Lof (and other) randomness tests, and, on the other hand, a connecting link between description (Kolmogorov) complexity, Gibbs entropy and Boltzmann entropy. The coarse-grain entropy is a slight correction to Boltzmann´s coarse-grain entropy. Its main advantage is its less partition dependence, due to the fact that algorithmic entropies for different coarse-grainings are approximations of one and the same fine-grain entropy. It has the desirable properties of Boltzmann entropy in a somewhat wider range of systems, including those of interest in the “thermodynamics of computation”
Keywords :
Boltzmann equation; classical mechanics; computational complexity; entropy; information theory; random processes; Boltzmann entropy; Gibbs entropy; Kolmogorov complexity; algorithmic coarse-grain entropy; algorithmic fine-grain entropy; approximations; classical mechanics; computation; description complexity; dynamical systems; partition dependence; randomness tests; thermodynamics; Computer science; Containers; Entropy; Extraterrestrial measurements; Mechanical variables measurement; Phase measurement; State-space methods; System testing; Thermodynamics; Volume measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Physics and Computation, 1994. PhysComp '94, Proceedings., Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6715-X
DOI :
10.1109/PHYCMP.1994.363679