Unification and Extension of Classic Information Principles

TL;DR

This paper introduces a comprehensive framework for information theory, unifying classical principles and establishing quantitative links between information, matter, and energy through the objective information theory (OIT).

Contribution

It proves the sufficiency of the sextuple model in OIT, defines atomic information, and derives the information volume of quantum carriers, linking information to physical properties.

Findings

The sextuple model is necessary and sufficient for objective information theory.

Atomic information is indivisible and volume additive.

Derived the relationship between information volume, mass, energy, and time.

Abstract

To formulate a universal framework of information theory is beneficial. This study proves that the sextuple model of the objective information theory (OIT) is a sufficient and necessary condition for discussing information with four basic postulations. It is demonstrated for each metric defined in the OIT, there is a corresponding example in classical information theories or commonly used principles. Furthermore, atomic information is defined as the indivisible elementary information and the volume additivity is proven for combinations of atomic information. Consequently, the information volume that a single quantum carrier can carry is derived and a theorem relating information volume to mass, energy, and time is proved. All these efforts illustrate that the OIT is a novel information theory that can unify a variety of classical information principles and even accurately reveal the quantitative relationship between information, matter and energy.