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Action as Entropy
Published:
12 November 2015
by MDPI
in 2nd International Electronic Conference on Entropy and Its Applications
session Physics and Engineering
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
