Extremal properties of relative entropy in quantum statistical mechanics

DOI10.1016/0034-4877(88)90009-2zbMath0677.46056MaRDI QIDQ1123365

Mary Beth Ruskai

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Reports on Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0034-4877(88)90009-2

zbMATH Keywords

Gibbs equilibrium state; maximum relative entropy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

46L60: Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics

82B10: Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general)

94A17: Measures of information, entropy

Related Items

Geometry of canonical correlation on the state space of a quantum system, Relative Hamiltonians which are not bounded from above, Maximizing relative entropy at given energies, Reconstructing the relaxation dynamics induced by an unknown heat bath

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