4:57 p.m.
Cari amici,
This is a re-broadcast for our next visiting speaker, next Thursday. Francesco Buscemi
from Nagoya University will tell us about the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
Francesco Buscemi, Thursday 21.12.2023, D0.02, 11:00 - 12:00
Title and abstract below. Join us in person or online at
https://meet.jit.si/CQISeminarTalks
(this time I will not forget it!)
Stay warm,
Will Schober
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SPEAKER: Francesco Buscemi
TITLE: Notes on the margin to the second law of thermodynamics
ABSTRACT: In the past few years I have had the opportunity to look at the second law of
thermodynamics from various angles (feedback control protocols, fluctuation relations,
mathematical statistics, information theory, expected utility theory -- all with a
variable amount of quantum theory), but the main puzzle I am most interested in is: why is
the second law "special" among the laws of physics? In this talk I will recall
some ideas about this problem and offer a possible answer.