• DOI:10.1088/1367-2630/18/1/013022
Corpus ID: 12496529

Quantum collapse rules from the maximum relative entropy principle

@article{Hellmann2014QuantumCR,
  title={Quantum collapse rules from the maximum relative entropy principle},
  author={F. Hellmann and W. Kami'nski and Ryszard Pawel Kostecki},
  journal={arXiv: Quantum Physics},
  year={2014}
}

F. Hellmann, W. Kami'nski, Ryszard Pawel Kostecki

Published 2014

Mathematics, Physics

arXiv: Quantum Physics

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We show that the von Neumann--Lueders collapse rules in quantum mechanics always select the unique state that maximises the quantum relative entropy with respect to the premeasurement state, subject to the constraint that the postmeasurement state has to be compatible with the knowledge gained in the measurement. This way we provide an information theoretic characterisation of quantum collapse rules by means of the maximum relative entropy principle.