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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2003 iii Paper 35 4 Solution by
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For a density matrix on a finite-dimensional Hilbert space, its Von Neumann entropy in bits iswhere are its eigenvalues and . It is the Shannon entropy of the spectrum, is zero for a pure state, and is invariant under unitary conjugation.
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