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1、ProgressinMathematicalPhysicsVolume57Editors-in-ChiefAnneBoutetdeMonvel(UniversitéParisVIIDenisDiderot,France)GeraldKaiser(CenterforSignalsandWaves,Austin,TX,USA)EditorialBoardC.Berenstein(UniversityofMaryland,CollegePark,USA)SirM.Berry(UniversityofB
2、ristol,UK)P.Blanchard(UniversityofBielefeld,Germany)M.Eastwood(UniversityofAdelaide,Australia)A.S.Fokas(UniversityofCambridge,UK)D.Sternheimer(UniversitédeBourgogne,Dijon,France)C.Tracy(UniversityofCalifornia,Davis,USA)MikhailV.VolkensteinEntropyandI
3、nformationTranslatedbyAbeShenitzerandRobertG.BurnsBirkhäuserBasel·Boston·BerlinAuthor:MikhailV.Volkenstein(1912–1992)Translators:AbeShenitzerRobertG.Burns4OakdaleStreetDept.ofMath.andStat.JamaicaPlainYorkUniversityMA021304700KeeleStreetUSATorontoM3J1
4、P3Canada2000MathematicsSubjectClassification:94A17,68P30,33B10,11B73LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2009931264BibliographicinformationpublishedbyDieDeutscheBibliothek.DieDeutscheBibliothekliststhispublicationintheDeutscheNationalbibliografie;detailedbib
5、liographicdataisavailableintheInternetathttp://dnb.ddb.deISBN978-3-0346-0077-4BirkhäuserVerlagAG,Basel·Boston·BerlinThisworkissubjecttocopyright.Allrightsarereserved,whetherthewholeorpartofthematerialisconcerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,repr
6、inting,re-useofillustrations,broadcasting,reproductiononmicrofilmsorinotherways,andstorageindatabanks.Foranykindofusewhatsoever,permissionfromthecopyrightownermustbeobtained.©2009BirkhäuserVerlagAGBasel·Boston·BerlinP.O.Box133,CH-4010Basel,Switzerland
7、PartofSpringerScience+BusinessMediaPrintedonacid-freepaperproducedfromchlorine-freepulp.TCF∞PrintedinGermanyThisbookisatranslationofthebook“Знтропияиинформация”writtenbyMikhailV.Volkenstein(M.B.Волькенштейн)andwaspublishedinthebookseries“ProblemsofSc
8、ienceandTechnicalProgress“byМоскваНаука(NaukaPublishers)in1986.ISBN978-3-0346-0077-4e-ISBN978-3-0346-0078-1987654321www.birkhauser.chContentsAbouttheAuthorixPreface11“Reflectionsonthemotivepoweroffire...”3SadiCarnot..................................3Ca