A fundamental property of quantum-mechanical entropy

Elliott H. Lieb; Mary Beth Ruskai

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.30.434

A fundamental property of quantum-mechanical entropy

Elliott H. Lieb
, Mary Beth Ruskai

Mathematics

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Abstract

We have proved the strong subadditivity of quantum-mechanical entropy and the Wigner-Yanase-Dyson conjecture.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	434-436
Number of pages	3
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	30
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.30.434
State	Published - 1973

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