Average Entropy of a Quantum Subsystem
- 1 July 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 77 (1) , 1-3
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.77.1
Abstract
It was recently conjectured by D. Page that if a quantum system of Hilbert space dimension is in a random pure state then the average entropy of a subsystem of dimension where is . In this Letter a simple proof of this conjecture is given.
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