ArticleEntropy (Basel, Switzerland)2019
Entropy, Information, and Symmetry: Ordered is Symmetrical.
Article in Entropy (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Adjusted Kolmogorov Complexity of Binary Words with Empirical Entropy Normalization.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Neurovascular Signaling at the Gliovascular Interface: From Flow Regulation to Cognitive Energy Coupling.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Bioelectrical synchronization ofRoyal Society open science · 2025Article
- Entropy, Information, and Symmetry; Ordered Is Symmetrical, II: System of Spins in the Magnetic Field.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Entropy is usually understood as the quantitative measure of "chaos" or "disorder". However, the notions of "chaos" and "disorder" are definitely obscure. This leads to numerous misinterpretations of entropy. We propose to see the disorder as an absence of symmetry and to identify "ordering" with symmetrizing of a physical system; in other words, introducing the elements of symmetry into an initially disordered physical system. We demonstrate with the binary system of elementary magnets that introducing elements of symmetry necessarily diminishes its entropy. This is true for one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) systems of elementary magnets. Imposing symmetry does not influence the Landauer principle valid for the addressed systems. Imposing the symmetry restrictions onto the system built of particles contained within the chamber divided by the permeable partition also diminishes its entropy.
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