Maximum path information and the principle of least action for chaotic system
arXiv:cond-mat/0405373 · doi:10.1016/j.chaos.2004.06.046
Abstract
A path information is defined in connection with the different possible paths of chaotic system moving in its phase space between two cells. On the basis of the assumption that the paths are differentiated by their actions, we show that the maximum path information leads to a path probability distribution as a function of action from which the well known transition probability of Brownian motion can be easily derived. An interesting result is that the most probable paths are just the paths of least action. This suggests that the principle of least action, in a probabilistic situation, is equivalent to the principle of maximization of information or uncertainty associated with the probability distribution.
12 pages, LaTeX, 1 eps figure, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals (2004), in press
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