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Rigorous information-theoretic derivation of quantum-statistical thermodynamics. I

James L. Park & William Band

Foundations of Physics 7 (3-4):233-244 (1977)

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New information-theoretic foundations for quantum statistics.William Band & James L. Park - 1976 - Foundations of Physics 6 (3):249-262.details When the state of a physical system is not fully determined by available data, it should be possible nevertheless to make a systematic guess concerning the unknown state by applying the principles of information theory. The resulting theoretical blend of informational and mechanical constructs should then constitute a modern structure for statistical physics. Such a program has been attempted by a number of authors, most notably Jaynes, with seeming success. However, we demonstrated in a recent publication that the standard list (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 4 citations
Mutually exclusive and exhaustive quantum states.James L. Park & William Band - 1976 - Foundations of Physics 6 (2):157-172.details The identification of a set of mutually exclusive and exhaustive propositions concerning the states of quantum systems is a corner stone of the information-theoretic foundations of quantum statistics; but the set which is conventionally adopted is in fact incomplete, and is customarily deduced from numerous misconceptions of basic quantum mechanical principles. This paper exposes and corrects these common misstatements. It then identifies a new set of quantum state propositions which is truly exhaustive and mutually exclusive, and which is compatible with (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 7 citations

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