March 2014 Lunchtime Abstracts & Details

::: How to Exorcise Maxwell's Demon without Considering Information
John D. Norton
University of Pittsburgh
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
12:05 pm, 817R CL

Abstract: The standard exorcism of Maxwell's demon requires us to attach an
entropy cost to information processing undertaken by the demon. This
exorcism faces many difficulties. I show that there is a much simpler way to
exorcise Maxwell's demon.