Entropy generation in a model of reversible computation
RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 40 (2006) no. 2, pp. 93-105.

We present a model in which, due to the quantum nature of the signals controlling the implementation time of successive unitary computational steps, physical irreversibility appears in the execution of a logically reversible computation.

DOI : 10.1051/ita:2006013
Classification : 81p68
Mots-clés : clock, entropy 
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Falco, Diego de; Tamascelli, Dario. Entropy generation in a model of reversible computation. RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 40 (2006) no. 2, pp. 93-105. doi : 10.1051/ita:2006013. http://archive.numdam.org/articles/10.1051/ita:2006013/

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