1. E. Schr\'odinger's 1931 paper 'On the Reversal of the Laws of Nature' ['\'Uber die Umkehrung der Naturgesetze',Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, physikalische mathematische Klasse, 8 N9 144-153]
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Kay Schwieger, Paolo Muratore-Ginanneschi, Raphael Chetrite, Laboratoire Jean Alexandre Dieudonné (JAD), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and Mathematical physics
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INFORMATION ,TIME-REVERSAL ,[PHYS.MPHY]Physics [physics]/Mathematical Physics [math-ph] ,Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics ,Mathematics::Analysis of PDEs ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Markov process ,114 Physical sciences ,STOCHASTIC-CONTROL ,01 natural sciences ,symbols.namesake ,Quantization (physics) ,0103 physical sciences ,Euclidean geometry ,0101 mathematics ,[PHYS.COND.CM-SM]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Statistical Mechanics [cond-mat.stat-mech] ,010306 general physics ,Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics ,Physical law ,Mathematical physics ,Physics ,Quantum Physics ,010102 general mathematics ,Detailed balance ,Interpretations of quantum mechanics ,Mathematics::Spectral Theory ,DIFFUSION ,[MATH.MATH-PR]Mathematics [math]/Probability [math.PR] ,symbols ,OPTIMAL TRANSPORT ,Reciprocal ,Schrödinger's cat - Abstract
We present an English translation of Erwin Schr\"odinger's paper on "On the Reversal of the Laws of Nature". In this paper Schr\"odinger analyses the idea of time reversal of a diffusion process. Schr\"odinger's paper acted as a prominent source of inspiration for the works of Bernstein on reciprocal processes and of Kolmogorov on time reversal properties of Markov processes and detailed balance. The ideas outlined by Schr\"odinger also inspired the development of probabilistic interpretations of quantum mechanics by F\'enyes, Nelson and others as well as the notion of "Euclidean Quantum Mechanics" as probabilistic analogue of quantization. In the second part of the paper Schr\"odinger discusses the relation between time reversal and statistical laws of physics. We emphasize in our commentary the relevance of Schr\"odinger's intuitions for contemporary developments in statistical nano-physics., Comment: Revised version. 24 pages, 2 figures. Introduction 2 pages, Translation of the german original pag. 3-10, Commentary pag 10-22
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- 2021