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arxiv: quant-ph/9808023 · v2 · submitted 1998-08-14 · 🪐 quant-ph · cond-mat.stat-mech· gr-qc· math.PR

Probability and Entropy in Quantum Theory

classification 🪐 quant-ph cond-mat.stat-mechgr-qcmath.PR
keywords quantumtheoryargumentscentralentropicentropyevolutionfoundations
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Entropic arguments are shown to play a central role in the foundations of quantum theory. We prove that probabilities are given by the modulus squared of wave functions, and that the time evolution of states is linear and also unitary.

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