Second Law-Like Inequalities with Quantum Relative Entropy: An Introduction

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.0983v4
• Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 08:13:54 GMT
• Title: Second Law-Like Inequalities with Quantum Relative Entropy: An Introduction
• Authors: Takahiro Sagawa
• Abstract summary: We review the fundamental properties of the quantum relative entropy for finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces. We focus on several inequalities that are related to the second law of thermodynamics, where the positivity and the monotonicity of the quantum relative entropy play key roles.
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• Abstract: We review the fundamental properties of the quantum relative entropy for finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces. In particular, we focus on several inequalities that are related to the second law of thermodynamics, where the positivity and the monotonicity of the quantum relative entropy play key roles; these properties are directly applicable to derivations of the second law (e.g., the Clausius inequality). Moreover, the positivity is closely related to the quantum fluctuation theorem, while the monotonicity leads to a quantum version of the Hatano-Sasa inequality for nonequilibrium steady states. Based on the monotonicity, we also discuss the data processing inequality for the quantum mutual information, which has a similar mathematical structure to that of the second law. Moreover, we derive a generalized second law with quantum feedback control. In addition, we review a proof of the monotonicity in line with Petz.

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