Is - kTr(ρlnρ) the Entropy in Quantum Mechanics

DOI10.1093/bjps/50.1.33zbMath0964.81002OpenAlexW2167310598MaRDI QIDQ4527769

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

informationthermodynamic entropyperpetual motion machinesv. 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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