Events2nd International Electronic Conference on Entropy and Its Applications
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with-doi10.3390/ecea-2-A010
This submission belongs to the session A. Physics and Engineering of the event 2nd International Electronic Conference on Entropy and Its Applications
Published date
12 Nov, 2015
Citation
John L Haller, Action as Entropy, in Proceedings of 2nd International Electronic Conference on Entropy and Its Applications, 15 November–30 November 2015, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland, doi: 10.3390/ecea-2-A010
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Action as Entropy

John L Haller 1
1. CCC Information Services
Abstract

I explore the entropy of a diffusing particle.  Further examination of the mutual information of the particle and the vacuum, yields a derivation of the “action” of the particle being equal to the entropy.  I argue the second law of thermodynamics is the justification for the principle of least action.

Keywords
Entropy
action
quantum of action
discrete space
discrete time
diffusion
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