Note on Von Neumann Entropy and the Ordering of Inverse Temperatures
Quantum Physics
2025-03-26 v1 Mathematical Physics
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Abstract
I show that for two inverse temperatures and , the von Neumann entropy of the Gibbs state for a given Hamiltonian satisfies . That is, von Neumann entropy is a monotonically increasing function of temperature.
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@article{arxiv.2503.18953,
title = {Note on Von Neumann Entropy and the Ordering of Inverse Temperatures},
author = {Rohit Kishan Ray},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.18953},
year = {2025}
}
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