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arXiv:quant-ph/9610044 · Physical Review A

Thermodynamics and the measure of entanglement

Sandu Popescu, Daniel Rohrlich

Published Nov 1, 1997• 433 citations
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Abstract

We point out formal correspondences between thermodynamics and entanglement. By applying them to previous work, we show that entropy of entanglement is the unique measure of entanglement for pure states.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.56.r3319

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