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We present a compact and self-contained review of the recently developed Keldysh formalism for multiple parallel worlds. The formalism has been applied to consistent quantum evaluation of the flows of informational quantities, in particular, to the evaluation of Renyi and Shannon entropy flows. We start with the formulation of the standard and extended Keldysh techniques in a single world in a form convenient for our presentation. We explain the use of Keldysh contours encompassing multiple parallel worlds. In the end, we briefly summarize the concrete results obtained with the method.
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Contribution for the JETP special issue in honor of L.V. Keldysh’s 85th birthday
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Ansari, M., Nazarov, Y.V. Keldysh formalism for multiple parallel worlds. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 122, 389–401 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776116030134
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