This eighteenth volume in the Poincaré Seminar Series provides a thorough description of Information Theory and some of its most active areas, in particular, its relation to thermodynamics at the nanoscale and the Maxwell Demon, and the emergence of quantum computation and of its counterpart, quantum verification. It also includes two introductory tutorials, one on the fundamental relation between thermodynamics and information theory, and a primer on Shannon's entropy and information theory. The book offers a unique and manifold perspective on recent mathematical and physical developments in this field.

Provides a comprehensive review of thermodynamics and information theory Introduces to Jarzynski's equality and Crooks' relation Includes a unique primer on Shannon's entropy and information theory Covers fundamental experiments on Maxwell's Demon and Landauer's principle Offers an in-depth review of the rapidly expanding field of quantum computing quantum cryptography and verification

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Bertrand Duplantier and Vincent Rivasseau are Theoretical Physicists who have been 45 years active at CNRS, CEA and Orsay University, now partners of Paris-Saclay University.

Together they have founded the Poincaré Seminar in 2001, and published its proceedings in 18 books with Birkhaeuser-Science.

Inhalt
K. Mallick and B. Duplantier: Thermodynamics and Information Theory.- O. Rioul: This is IT: A Primer on Shannon's Entropy and Information.- S. Ciliberto: Landauer's Bound and Maxwell's Demon.- A. Gheorghiu, T. Kapourniotis, E. Kashefi: Verification of Quantum Computation: An Overview of Existing Approaches.