Von Neumann's Entropy Does Not Correspond to Thermodynamic Entropy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10707889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Meir Hemmo (0000-0002-0752-1269), Orly Shenker (0000-0001-5716-6894) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 153-174 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/510816 |
| OpenAlex | W2035544568 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
Von Neumann argued by means of a thought experiment involving measurements of spin observables that the quantum mechanical quantity $S_{VN}=-k\mathrm{Tr}\,(\rho \mathrm{log}\,\rho) $ is conceptually equivalent to thermodynamic entropy. We analyze Von Neumann's thought experiment and show that his argument fails
Conditional quantum entropy · Entropy (arrow of time) · Joint quantum entropy · Maximum entropy thermodynamics · Observable · Physics · Pure mathematics · Quantum · Quantum entanglement · Quantum mechanics · Statistical physics · Theoretical physics · Thermodynamics · Von Neumann architecture · Von Neumann entropy · Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics · Mathematical Physics · Mathematics · Philosophy · Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture · Quantum Mechanics and Applications
| Citations per year | 0.28 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2021 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |