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Maximum Entropy Principle and Quantum Mechanics

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The concept of entropy is one of the most important ones in physics.

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Proto, A.N. (1990). Maximum Entropy Principle and Quantum Mechanics. In: Aguilera-Navarro, V.C. (eds) Condensed Matter Theories. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0605-4_37

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