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On Lieb's conjecture

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v1 math.MP

Abstract

The reformulation of Lieb's conjecture, in the frame of the harmonuic analysis on the SO(3) group, makes it evident that the exact value of the classical entropy of a pure quantum state, which belongs to the Hilbert space of a (2J+1)-dimensional, unitary, irreducible representation of the SO(3) group, depends only on the parameters which characterize the orbits of this representation. In the case J=1 we give the exact analytic dependence of the classical entropy of a quantum state on the parameters which characterize the orbits and as a consequence we obtain a verification of Lieb's entropy conjecture. We verify this conjecture also for any value of J for the states of the canonical basis of the Hilbert space of the representation. A natural generalization of Lieb's entropy conjecture, which is a new "phenomenon" in the harmonic analysis on SO(3), is discussed in the case J=1.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/9909024,
  title  = {On Lieb's conjecture},
  author = {Horia Scutaru},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/9909024},
  year   = {2007}
}

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6 pages, REVTeX, no figures

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