Classical mechanics as the high-entropy limit of quantum mechanics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.00972v1
• Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 18:48:04 GMT
• Title: Classical mechanics as the high-entropy limit of quantum mechanics
• Authors: Gabriele Carcassi, Manuele Landini, Christine A. Aidala,
• Abstract summary: We show that classical mechanics can be recovered as the high-entropy limit of quantum mechanics. Mixed states of high enough entropy can be approximated with classical distributions.
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• Abstract: We show that classical mechanics can be recovered as the high-entropy limit of quantum mechanics. That is, the high entropy masks quantum effects, and mixed states of high enough entropy can be approximated with classical distributions. The mathematical limit $\hbar \to 0$ can be reinterpreted as setting the zero entropy of pure states to $-\infty$, in the same way that non-relativistic mechanics can be recovered mathematically with $c \to \infty$. Physically, these limits are more appropriately defined as $S \gg 0$ and $v \ll c$. Both limits can then be understood as approximations independently of what circumstances allow those approximations to be valid. Consequently, the limit presented is independent of possible underlying mechanisms and of what interpretation is chosen for both quantum states and entropy.

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