Nonlinearities and Interference—Their Importance for the Study of Information

Proceedings

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Annette Grathoff¹ 

[1] The Institute for a Global Sustainable Information Society;Institute for Design Science;Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science

关键词: nonlinearity;    interference;    frequency mixing;    beating;    soliton;    evolutionary perspective;   

DOI  :  10.3390/proceedings2022081061

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Mixing and interference are respectively the nonlinear and the linear part of combining wave frequencies and it is proposed here that they, together with other processes of wave dynamics, should be considered a lot more in the study of information. From a perspective of physical information—and it is proposed here that basic information is physical—nonlinear mixing processes are important since they first allow the generation of novelty (new frequencies). Second, mixing as in modulation and heterodyning is interesting in that it gives a hint on how similarity and relatedness are represented in wave dynamics. Third, mixing and other processes enabled by nonlinear properties of wave carrying media in balance with the natural dispersive properties of waves can lead to the emergence of solitary waves and localized structures, both of which are genuine wave objects with particle-like properties and interesting behavior, interacting with the matter of their medium and possibly each other. The strongly technical language of the field is translated to arrive at a description as pictorial as the current state of trusted experimental observations allows, based on a thorough literature research.

【 授权许可】

CC BY