Information theory was originally developed to study the fundamental limits of telecommunication. But thanks to recent extensions it can now also be applied to solid-state physics.
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Renner, R. From bits to solids. Nature Phys 9, 697–698 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2779
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