Published November 2013 | Version public
Journal Article

Power-Law Relaxation and Cumulative Information

Abstract

We associate the cumulative information of a system relaxing towards equilibrium with a divergent integral when a power-law relaxation holds. We discuss and illustrate numerically how this implies that a system that relaxes to equilibrium through a power-law has a cumulative information content that progressively diverges from that of its equilibrium realization to which it is relaxing. Our findings shed light on some aspects of weak ergodicity breaking and suggest that power-laws imply a form of complexity that does not require dissipation or built-in disorder.

Additional Information

© 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York. Received: 1 April 2013. Accepted: 22 August 2013. Published online: 11 September 2013. S. Di Sabatino is now with LPT-IRSAMC, Université Paul Sabatier—Toulouse, France. The research leading to these results was supported by funding from the Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR) through the "Futuro in Ricerca" FIRB grant PHOCOS-RBFR08E7VA. Partial funding was received through the SMARTCONFOCAL project of the Regione Lazio and through the PRIN project no. 2009P3K72Z.

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Identifiers

Eprint ID
42240
DOI
10.1007/s10955-013-0840-7
Resolver ID
CaltechAUTHORS:20131105-083255486

Funding

Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR)
PHOCOS-RBFR08E7VA
Regione Lazio SMARTCONFOCAL Project
Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR)
2009P3K72Z

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2013-11-05
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2021-11-10
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