The Maximum Speed of Natural Processes

From Santa Fe Institute

Luis Pedro Garcia-Pintos, Los Alamos National Lab This presentation will focus on the maximum speed at which natural processes can occur. I will introduce mathematical limits on the maximum speed of observable quantities. These bounds, derived from information-geometric techniques, typically imply trade-offs between the maximum rate of change of a stochastic observable and its standard deviation; higher variability can lead to faster evolution. I will illustrate with examples from stochastic ...