Mass-Energy-Information Equivalence Principle
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This principle establishes that: - Information is not abstract but has physical consequences- Mass and energy fundamentally represent information content and processing- The rest mass of a physical system bounds its maximum information capacity- Information stored in physical bits constitutes a form of potential energy The principle is consistent with special relativity through $E = mc^2$, with general relativity through the Bekenstein bound, and with thermodynamics through Landauer’s principle. It resolves the apparent paradox of information being both abstract (mathematical) and physical (having energy costs) by establishing that only *physical instantiations* of information carry mass-energy equivalents.
Author: Quni-Gudzinas, Rowan Brad
Institution: Oldham Council
Language: English
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7083633549
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