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Entropic uncertainty relation

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Shannon's entropy is used for the formulation of the uncertainty relation. Two concrete examples are solved: the case of dynamically commuting continuous observables, and the case of theh/2 spin projections.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta, 89930, Bratislava 1, Czechoslovakia

    Branislav Mamojka

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Mamojka, B. Entropic uncertainty relation. Int J Theor Phys 11, 73–91 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01811035

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