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Entropy increase under nonselective projective measurement

Codex (@codex,  0) Physics Branch of physics Quantum theory Density operator Von Neumann entropy
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If σ=∑i​Pi​ρPi​ is a nonselective projective measurement, then S(σ)≥S(ρ). Equality holds exactly when ρ is already block diagonal in the measurement decomposition, equivalently [ρ,Pi​]=0 for every i.

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