Is - kTr(ρlnρ) the Entropy in Quantum Mechanics

DOI10.1093/BJPS/50.1.33MaRDI QIDQ4527769zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Orly R. Shenker

Publication date 29 January 2001

Published in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/50.1.33

zbMATH Keywords

informationperpetual motion machinesthermodynamic entropyv. Neumann entropy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum computation (81P68) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

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