Average Entropy of a Subsystem
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2014-11-17 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
If a quantum system of Hilbert space dimension is in a random pure state, the average entropy of a subsystem of dimension is conjectured to be and is shown to be for . Thus there is less than one-half unit of information, on average, in the smaller subsystem of a total system in a random pure state.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9305007,
title = {Average Entropy of a Subsystem},
author = {Don N. Page},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9305007},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
10 pages, LaTeX. Title change and minor corrections added before publication in Phys. Rev. Lett. 71 (1993) 1291. Alberta-Thy-22-93