PIRSA:11110076

Information Flow in Computation, Logic and Physics

Abramsky, S. (2011). Information Flow in Computation, Logic and Physics. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/11110076

Abramsky, Samson. Information Flow in Computation, Logic and Physics. Perimeter Institute, Nov. 02, 2011, https://pirsa.org/11110076 

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            doi = {10.48660/11110076},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/11110076},
            author = {Abramsky, Samson},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Information Flow in Computation, Logic and Physics},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2011},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:11110076 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Samson Abramsky University of Oxford

DOI 10.48660/11110076
Collection
Talk Type Scientific Series

Abstract

Ideas about information are pervasive, yet the fundamental nature and structure of information - if indeed it has one! - remains elusive. Work done from many different perspectives, including those of physics, biology, logic, computer science, statistics, and game and decision theory, has yielded insights into various aspects of information. Could there be a comprehensive, unified theory? We shall chart a particular path, focusing on the idea of *information flow*, and show how common mathematical structures arise in the description of information flow in computer science, logic and quantum information.