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Rigorous information-theoretic derivation of quantum-statistical thermodynamics. I

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In previous publications we have criticized the usual application of information theory to quantal situations and proposed a new version of information-theoretic quantum statistics. This paper is the first in a two-part series in which our new approach is applied to the fundamental problem of thermodynamic equilibrium. Part I deals in particular with informational definitions of equilibrium and the identification of thermodynamic analogs in our modified quantum statistics formalism.

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  1. Department of Physics, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

    James L. Park & William Band

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Work supported by a grant from Research Corporation to J. L. P.

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Park, J.L., Band, W. Rigorous information-theoretic derivation of quantum-statistical thermodynamics. I. Found Phys 7, 233–244 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00709009

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