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Towards an Information Description of Space-Time

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We attempt to describe geometry in terms of informational quantities for the universe considered as a finite ensemble of correlated quantum particles. As the main dynamical principle, we use the conservation of the sum of all kinds of entropies: thermodynamic, quantum and informational. The fundamental constant of speed is interpreted as the information velocity for the world ensemble and also connected with the gravitational potential of the universe on a particle. The two postulates, which are enough to derive the whole theory of Special Relativity, are re-formulated as the principles of information entropy universality and finiteness of information density.

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This work was supported by Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia (SRNSFG) through the Grant DI-18-335.

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Gogberashvili, M. Towards an Information Description of Space-Time. Found Phys 52, 74 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-022-00594-6

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