Bekenstein bound

English

Etymology

Named after Jacob Bekenstein.

Noun

Bekenstein bound (plural Bekenstein bounds)

  1. (thermodynamics) An upper limit on the thermodynamic entropy, or Shannon entropy, that can be contained within a given finite region of space which has a finite amount of energy—or conversely, the maximal amount of information required to perfectly describe a given physical system down to the quantum level.
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