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The dynamics of isolated quantum system, described by one-parameter group of unitary operators, is reversible in time. The evolution of an open system, subject to exterior influences, whether it be the process of establishing equilibrium with the environment or interaction with the measuring apparatus, reveals features of irreversibility. Such irreversible changes are described mathematically by completely positive maps.
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Holevo, A.S. (2001). Evolution of an Open System. In: Statistical Structure of Quantum Theory. Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs, vol 67. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44998-1_4
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