Bayesian Retrodiction and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Francesco Buscemi, Nagoya University, Japan

In this talk I will present some recent work clarifying the role that prediction and retrodiction (and, more generally, Bayesian inference) play in the logical foundations of the Second Law of Thermodynamics and various fluctuation theorems for classical and quantum systems. Based upon https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.08548 and https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.02849