Comment on "Conceptual Inadequacy of Shannon Information ..." by C. Brukner and A. Zeilinger

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2000-07-31

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0007116v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

Latex, 7 pages

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It is pointed out that the case for Shannon entropy and von Neumann entropy, as measures of uncertainty in quantum mechanics, is not as bleak as suggested in quant-ph/0006087. The main argument of the latter is based on one particular interpretation of Shannon's H-function (related to consecutive measurements), and is shown explicitly to fail for other physical interpretations. Further, it is shown that Shannon and von Neumann entropies have in fact a common fundamental significance, connected to the existence of a unique geometric measure of uncertainty for classical and quantum ensembles. Some new properties of the ``total information'' measure proposed in quant-ph/0006087 are also given.

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