Entropy Generation by a Maxwell Demon in the Sequential Sorting of the Particles in an Ideal Gas
arXiv:physics/0311023
Abstract
This paper revisits the Maxwell Demon Problem. Representing the demon with a simple physical computer composed of a single memory element, we demonstrate that the average minimum entropy increase of the universe due to sorting of particles with a Maxwell Demon is eta=0.8400 for particles that are initially randomly distributed.
14 pages, 2 figures