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It is to-day a widespread opinion that entropy (in its thermodynamical sense) and information (in Shannon’s one) are closely related notions (or quantities). As is known, the idea was first initiated by L. Szilard[l] as early as 1929, resumed in 1931 by J. Von Neumann[2] in his treatise about Quantum Mechanics, and it was resumed again and more broadly developed by L. Bri11ouin[3] in 1956 after the publication of the work of C.E. Shannon[4].
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Fer, F. (1987). Thermodynamic and Informational Entropies in Quantum Mechanics. In: Blaquiere, A., Diner, S., Lochak, G. (eds) Information Complexity and Control in Quantum Physics. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 294. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2971-5_3
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