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Every computer must be compatible with the principles of information theory, statistical thermodynamics, and quantum mechanics.

A fundamental link among these fields was proposed by Edwin Jaynes in two seminal 1957 papers .< ref > Jaynes, E. T., 1957, " Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics ," Phys.

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</ br > Jaynes, E. T., 1957, " Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics II ," Phys.

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108: 171 .</ ref > Moreover, Jaynes elaborated an interpretation of probability theory as generalized Aristotelian logic, a view very convenient for linking fundamental physics with digital computers, because these are designed to implement the operations of classical logic and, equivalently, of Boolean algebra.