Bragg Lecture: Entropy, fake entropy and information
In 2004 UCL's Department of Physics and Astronomy decided to establish a series of annual lectures celebrating major advances in condensed matter physics. This year's lecture will be given by Professor Daan Frenkel from the University of Cambridge
Bragg Lecture: Entropy, fake entropy and information
20 Mar 2019, 15:30 – 16:30
Professor Daan Frenkel Dept of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
So much has been said about entropy that it is probably best to remain silent on the subject. Somewhat unwisely, I will nevertheless talk about this dangerous subject because in numerical simulations one is confronted very directly with what entropy is - and, more importantly, with what it is not. I will talk about entropy from the perspective of numerical simulations. Specifically, I will discuss (well known) examples where entropy increases with increasing order, I will discuss how recent numerical tools allow us to compute close and distant relatives of the Statistical Mechanical entropy, and finally I will briefly touch on Gibbs’ paradox. “
To be followed by receptoin in Roberts Building Foyer, 4:30pm-5:30pm
Professor Daan Frenkel
University of Cambridge
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