Quantum Measurement and Shannon Information, A Reply to M. J. W. Hall

2000/08/22 by Časlav Brukner, Caslav Brukner, Anton Zeilinger +2
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0008091

3 pages

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Abstract

Motivated by Hall's recent comment in quant-ph/0007116 we point out in some detail the essence of our reasoning why we believe that Shannon's information is not an adequate choice when defining the information gain in quantum measurements as opposed to classical observations.

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