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Seminar on Complex Analysis (Gonchar Seminar)
May 14, 2018 17:00, Moscow, Steklov Mathematical Institute, Room 411 (8 Gubkina)


Maxwell’s Demon and the black holes of Hawking

V. A. Zorich

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics

Abstract: The report will be devoted to the actual topic – garbage collection.
We recall Maxwell thought experiment, called “Maxwell’s Demon”, describe its scientific evolution and explain how the bridge came from thermodynamics to informatics.
Then we reminisce Hawking and conclude with the entropy of black holes.


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