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Three Lectures on Complexity and Black Holes

By Leonard Susskind

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing;Springer
Year
2020
ISBN
9783030451080, 9783030451097
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-45109-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3370920 bytes)
Series
SpringerBriefs in Physics
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
VIII, 100\93
Time added
2020-08-30 06:11:09
Physics; Quantum Field TheoriesRelativity TheoryString Theory; Theoretical Astrophysics; Cosmology

Description

These three lectures cover a certain aspect of complexity and black holes, namely the relation to the second law of thermodynamics. The first lecture describes the meaning of quantum complexity, the analogy between entropy and complexity, and the second law of complexity. Lecture two reviews the connection between the second law of complexity and the interior of black holes. Prof. L. Susskind discusses how firewalls are related to periods of non-increasing complexity which typically only occur after an exponentially long time. The final lecture is about the thermodynamics of complexity, and “uncomplexity” as a resource for doing computational work. The author explains the remarkable power of “one clean qubit,” in both computational terms and in space-time terms. This book is intended for graduate students and researchers who want to take the first steps towards the mysteries of black holes and their complexity.

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