2010/10/14 by Alberto Bicego, Bicego, Alberto
Arts and Humanities · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Philosophy and History of Science #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Statistical Mechanics and Entropy #physics.gen-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1010.2968
11 pages, 3 figures
arxiv created 2010/10/14 · openalex publication_date 2010/10/14 · arxiv updated 2010/10/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A mechanism is proposed that allows to interpret the temporal evolution of a physical system as a result of the inability of an observer to record its whole state and a simple example is given. It is based on a review of the concepts of information, entropy and order. It is suggested that the temporal evolution and the choice of the "initial state" depend on the way the observer "compresses" information.