On a supposed conceptual inadequacy of the Shannon information in quantum mechanics

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(03)00037-6zbMath1222.81085arXivquant-ph/0112178OpenAlexW2084136086MaRDI QIDQ720553

Christopher Gordon Timpson

Publication date: 17 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0112178

zbMATH Keywords

quantum mechanicsvon Neumann entropyShannon informationinformation measurebruknerZeilinger's foundational principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Information theory (general) (94A15) Quantum cryptography (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P94)

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