The Landauer Principle and Its Implementations in Physics, Chemistry and Biology

The rapid development of computers has stimulated growing interest in the physical foundations of computation. This interest arises from both applicative and fundamental aspects of computation. In the most general terms, computation involves transforming inputs into outputs using a specific set of i...

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description The rapid development of computers has stimulated growing interest in the physical foundations of computation. This interest arises from both applicative and fundamental aspects of computation. In the most general terms, computation involves transforming inputs into outputs using a specific set of instructions. The necessary questions include the following: What are the physical limitations of computation? What are the minimal energy costs of computation, and what is the maximal possible velocity of computation? The Landauer principle, addressed in this Special Issue, is one of the limiting physical principles that constrain the behavior of computing systems. The Landauer principle restricts the minimal energy necessary for the erasure of one bit of information. Rolf Landauer adopted the notion that computation is a physical process; thus, it must obey the laws of physics, and first and foremost, the laws of thermodynamics. This thinking led to a new limiting physical principle, establishing minimal energy costs for the erasure of a single memory bit for a system operating at equilibrium temperature T. According to Landauer, this energy is E=kBTln2. This Special Issue discusses the Landauer principle in the context of other physical limiting principles, such as the Mandelstam–Tamm and Margolus–Levitin limiting principles. The Special Issue addresses a diversity of problems related to the meaning and applications of the Landauer principle. It discusses the interrelation between logical and thermodynamic irreversibility and precise links between energy and information.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1655932025-08-12T09:58:21Z The Landauer Principle and Its Implementations in Physics, Chemistry and Biology Bormashenko, Edward Landauer principle thermodynamics of computation erasure of information minimal energy limiting physical principles. thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general The rapid development of computers has stimulated growing interest in the physical foundations of computation. This interest arises from both applicative and fundamental aspects of computation. In the most general terms, computation involves transforming inputs into outputs using a specific set of instructions. The necessary questions include the following: What are the physical limitations of computation? What are the minimal energy costs of computation, and what is the maximal possible velocity of computation? The Landauer principle, addressed in this Special Issue, is one of the limiting physical principles that constrain the behavior of computing systems. The Landauer principle restricts the minimal energy necessary for the erasure of one bit of information. Rolf Landauer adopted the notion that computation is a physical process; thus, it must obey the laws of physics, and first and foremost, the laws of thermodynamics. This thinking led to a new limiting physical principle, establishing minimal energy costs for the erasure of a single memory bit for a system operating at equilibrium temperature T. According to Landauer, this energy is E=kBTln2. This Special Issue discusses the Landauer principle in the context of other physical limiting principles, such as the Mandelstam–Tamm and Margolus–Levitin limiting principles. The Special Issue addresses a diversity of problems related to the meaning and applications of the Landauer principle. It discusses the interrelation between logical and thermodynamic irreversibility and precise links between energy and information. 2025-08-12T09:58:17Z 2025-08-12T09:58:17Z 2025 book ONIX_20250812T110751_9783725841417_348 9783725841417 9783725841424 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/165593 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/10948 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-4142-4 10.3390/books978-3-7258-4142-4 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725841417 9783725841424 144 open access
spellingShingle Landauer principle
thermodynamics of computation
erasure of information
minimal energy
limiting physical principles.
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The Landauer Principle and Its Implementations in Physics, Chemistry and Biology
title The Landauer Principle and Its Implementations in Physics, Chemistry and Biology
title_full The Landauer Principle and Its Implementations in Physics, Chemistry and Biology
title_fullStr The Landauer Principle and Its Implementations in Physics, Chemistry and Biology
title_full_unstemmed The Landauer Principle and Its Implementations in Physics, Chemistry and Biology
title_short The Landauer Principle and Its Implementations in Physics, Chemistry and Biology
title_sort landauer principle and its implementations in physics chemistry and biology
topic Landauer principle
thermodynamics of computation
erasure of information
minimal energy
limiting physical principles.
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
topic_facet Landauer principle
thermodynamics of computation
erasure of information
minimal energy
limiting physical principles.
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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