Mark Zilberman. The Entropic Potential of Events in Deterministic and Indeterministic Systems
Natural Sciences / Physics / General Physics
Submitted on: May 22, 2022, 12:25:03
Description: This article analyzes how individual events occurring in the present influence the future entropy of a system in both deterministic and indeterministic contexts. It introduces the concept of an event's entropic potential - a parameter for quantifying the impact of present events on future system entropy within a formalized modeling framework. By bridging the gap between discrete causality and entropy dynamics, the proposed parameter aims to contribute to the development of a more granular understanding of entropy evolution in both deterministic and indeterministic systems. To illustrate this concept, a simplified model is used: a lab glass filled with water, an ice cube held in a device above the glass, and a random number generator (RNG) that controls the probability of the ice being dropped into the water. The entropic potential Z(T,A), of an event A occurring in a system R at time To, is defined as the difference between the mathematical expectations of the system's entropy at a future time T>To, calculated immediately after and immediately before the occurrence of the event. The article also presents examples of entropic potential calculations for events in indeterministic systems with varying event probabilities. Since real-world systems are predominantly indeterministic, events within them generally exhibit non-zero entropic potentials: 'beneficial' events tend to have negative values, while 'harmful' events have positive.