Bremermann's limit

name

Etymology

Named after Hans-Joachim Bremermann (1926–1996), German-American mathematician and biophysicist.

Definitions

  1. The maximum computational speed of a self-contained system in the material universe,…

    The maximum computational speed of a self-contained system in the material universe, derived from Einstein's mass-energy equivalency and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle: it is approximately 1.36 × 10⁵⁰ bits per second per kilogram. This value is important in designing cryptographic algorithms that can never be cracked by brute force.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Bremermann's limit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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