Information entropy and the space of decoherence functions in generalized quantum theory

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 4030-4040

  Isham, C J ^a   Linden, N ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

DECOHERENCE FUNCTION; HILBERT SPACE; INFORMATION ENTROPY; STANDARD QUANTUM THEORY;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0031164107     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.4030     Document Type: Article

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