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Bekenstein bound

Upper limit on entropy that can be contained within a given finite region of space which has a finite amount of energy, in physics.
Intangible Equation Q815018

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3 properties
Instance of
equation
Named after
Jacob Bekenstein[2]
Used by
information theory, physics, thermodynamics[3][4][5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bekenstein bound cs Bekensteinova hranice de Bekenstein-Grenze es Frontera Beckenstein fa کران بکنشتاین fr limite de Bekenstein he גבול בקנשטיין he חסם בקנשטיין ja ベッケンシュタイン境界 ko 베켄슈타인 경계 nl Bekensteinbegrenzing ro Limita Bekenstein ru Предел Бекенштейна uk Межа Бекенштейна vi Giới hạn Bekenstein zh 貝肯斯坦上限
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/054yl3
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
201814954
Scholarpedia article ID
Bekenstein_bound

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physics, thermodynamics, information theory
Instance of 1
equation
Named after 1
Jacob Bekenstein
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Bekenstein bound is an equation[1].

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information theory Jacob Bekenstein physics thermodynamics

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