Entropy, majorization and thermodynamics in general probabilistic theories

In this note we lay some groundwork for the resource theory of thermodynamics in general probabilistic theories (GPTs). We consider theories satisfying a purely convex abstraction of the spectral decomposition of density matrices: that every state has a decomposition, with unique probabilities, into...

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Main Authors: Howard Barnum, Jonathan Barrett, Marius Krumm, Markus P. Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Publishing Association 2015-11-01
Series:Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
Online Access:http://arxiv.org/pdf/1508.03107v2