| Asymmetry: The Foundation of Information Contributor(s): Muller, Scott J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3642089321 ISBN-13: 9783642089329 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Information Theory - Mathematics | Group Theory - Mathematics | Applied |
| Dewey: 003.54 |
| Series: Frontiers Collection |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.56 lbs) 165 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book gathers concepts of information across diverse fields -physics, electrical engineering and computational science - surveying current theories, discussing underlying notions of symmetry, and showing 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. |