Comment on "Conceptual Inadequacy of Shannon Information ..." by C. Brukner and A. Zeilinger
| dc.creator | Hall, Michael J. W. | |
| dc.date | 2000-07-31 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:00:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:00:31Z | |
| dc.description | It is pointed out that the case for Shannon entropy and von Neumann entropy, as measures of uncertainty in quantum mechanics, is not as bleak as suggested in quant-ph/0006087. The main argument of the latter is based on one particular interpretation of Shannon's H-function (related to consecutive measurements), and is shown explicitly to fail for other physical interpretations. Further, it is shown that Shannon and von Neumann entropies have in fact a common fundamental significance, connected to the existence of a unique geometric measure of uncertainty for classical and quantum ensembles. Some new properties of the ``total information'' measure proposed in quant-ph/0006087 are also given. | |
| dc.description | Latex, 7 pages | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0007116 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0007116 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/88993 | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.title | Comment on "Conceptual Inadequacy of Shannon Information ..." by C. Brukner and A. Zeilinger | |
| dc.type | text |