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    Entropy and Black Holes: Understanding the Second Law of Thermodynamics

    It looks like Zurek figured out the answer some time ago. The answer is that the end entropy is ~4/3 times the initial entropy. For anyone else interested in this, see W. H. Zurek, Phys. Rev. Lett. 49 1683 (1982).
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    Entropy and Black Holes: Understanding the Second Law of Thermodynamics

    I am a little confused over something, so perhaps someone can tell me which one of the following statements is incorrect. (I don't know a lot about this, so forgive my ignorance). Suppose that we have a closed system of some size, and we start in a state where we have a black hole at the...
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